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Mochi (Japanese: 餅 is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan it is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki. While also eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time.




Rice Cake Kirimochi (切り餅) or Kakumochi (角餅)



Rice Cake Marumochi (丸餅)



Pounding mochi in an usu



Making mochi with a modern piece of equipment


Japanese Mochi Pounding Party

Saturday, Jan 3 12:00p

at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

Once essential to the New Year celebration, the practice of mochitsuki is now rare even in Japan, as busy people eat store-bought mochi rather than make their own. Come and celebrate the Japanese New Year with the music and dance of Kagami Kai, a San Francisco-based group dedicated to maintaining the Japanese tradition of mochi pounding. read more

Price: Free with museum admission

Age Suitability: All Ages

Tags: museum, kids, new years, fun

Once essential to the New Year celebration, the practice of mochitsuki is now rare even in Japan, as busy people eat store-bought mochi rather than make their own. Come and celebrate the Japanese New Year with the music and dance of Kagami Kai, a San Francisco-based group dedicated to maintaining the Japanese tradition of mochi pounding. Pound your own mochi, and decorate and write a New Year greeting to friends or family.

Definition

pound (HIT) 
verb [I or T]
to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force, or to crush something by hitting it repeatedly:
I could feel my heart pounding as I went on stage to collect the prize.
Nearly 50 people are still missing after the storm pounded the coast.
The city was pounded to rubble during the war.
He pounded on the door demanding to be let in.
She was pounding away on her typewriter until four in the morning.

pounding 
noun [C or S]
The city received heavy poundings (= attacks) from the air every night last week.