Mochi Rice Cake Making in Japan

mochi pounding to prepare the upcoming new year holidays.
Traditional Japanese New Year's Food
Japanese people eat a special selection of dishes on New Year's Day called osechi. A popular soup is ozōni, having mochi (glutinous rice dumplings) and vegetables. Also popular are tuna fish wrapped in sweetly boiled kelp (kobumaki), kamaboko (a food prepared from fish paste), kurikinton (mashed sweet potato with chestnut) and kuromame (sweetened black beans). Many of these dishes are sweet or sour because they kept better — the traditions date to a time, before households had refrigerators, when most stores closed for the holidays. There are many variations of osechi, and some foods eaten in one place are never eaten in other places (or are even banned) on New Year's day. Today, sashimi and sushi are often eaten, as well as non-Japanese foods. To let the overworked stomach rest, nanakusa gayu (seven vegetable rice soup) is prepared on the 7th or 15th day. The special food prepared for New Year's Day is a joy for many Japanese.

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[minnachin]

ahahahaa XD this reminds me of my own traditional culture of making rice cakes XDD....tho it gets hard in the end..not gooy =3=

soo fun to make/watch when we were younger ahahaha XD

[ytkobax]

Once you get tips, it would not be tough, the hitting man said.

[WaR1436]

Wow!!it's just like in anime ^w^

I love how they smashed it into more tenderised Mochi~X)

[ytkobax]

Hahaha, you are right. It looks like being anime. thanks for watching my vide.

[ytkobax]

You know much better than me about Mochi.

I did not know of Suwama mochi which made of rice powder and sugar only, originated in Shizuoka, seemed to go good with Japanese tea.

Wishing you a happy new year!

[ytkobax]

None gets injuries. Well trained person takes either part, hitting or punching at least. Most case, both are long and well trained.

[qwerty200708]

moosiluyfleegensoogenbuhtage

[downpour202]

Reminds me of cooking mama. :P

[Arbiter9]

Japanese culture is awesome.

[iSpurtz]

We don't make it like this. But it looks fun. I just like making the Mochi into the ball.

[12ock]

they are well trained so that means they had some mistake in pounding the dough....

[3t3rn4ldr34m1ng]

lol. watching this after watching mochi making masters is really funny lol.

[silvertaintedlife]

@AZn5t0n3R I just want to know whether it makes the mochi tastes better or something.. or is it just a culture in doing so...

[Clanitz]

Hey! The rabbits are pounding mochi! :D They... just lack ears and fuzzy tails xD

[AZn5t0n3R]

@silvertaintedlife y not?

[silvertaintedlife]

why do you need to hit the mochi?