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Posts Tagged ‘Kagami-mochi’

Oshiruko

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Today I unpacked rice cake from the package and prepared rice cake soup, oshiruko

This is Buzz showing off how gooey the mochi is.   He says he is happy to keep this ritual just once a year.

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Kagami-mochi, what to do with it?

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu (Happy New Year)!  As Christmas trees decorate American homes during holiday, Kagami-mochi decorate a room in Japanese house from the end of yeaer (December 28th).  It is an offering to the god who protected us during the old year (he departs and new god arrives in the New Year). 

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