>On Friday night we were invited by our Japanese counterparts on base to their annual Mochi Tsuki or Mochi pounding party. Mochi is glutinous rice that is pounded into a paste and then formed into a shape. Mochi is typically eaten around the New Year, but also enjoyed all times of the year. Lauren and I have become huge fans of Mochi Cream which is a sweet form of mochi that is filled with different cream flavorings. They are amazingly delicious.
The picture above are the girls getting ready to head on the bus to the party
This lady wrote each of our names in Kangi. The girls were in a kids party area which had lots of traditional Japanese games along with oragami folding lessons and a sweet sugar machine that spun something similar to cotton candy. They came home with a bag full of souviners.
They had traditionaly Japanese dancers. The girls and I went to the front to join them. That was so much fun.
On stage they had Mochi pounding demonstrations. The chant some word each time they hit the mochi. In modern days there is now a machine that pounds the mochi.
Here is Chad taking a stab at pounding. He worked up quite a sweat.
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