Stock Photo Description: Family and friends partaking in the traditional Japanese practice of making mochi as part of the New Year’s celebration. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Mochi is a pounded rice cake made from sweet glutinous rice called mochigome. The cooked rice is dumped into the usu, or mortar made of stone. The hot cooked rice is then pounded with wooden mallets called a kine. The pounding is done with enthusiasm and force until the mass of rice is smooth and shiny. The pasty rice is then shaped into round pieces or mochi which literally means “round rice.” and set aside to cool and then eaten.
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Stock Photo of Traditional Japanese Practice of Making Mochi As Part of the New Year’s Celebration
