Once again, for our 2nd year-in-a-row, we were invited to a mochitsuki party by our good friends, the Koizumi's.
Mochitsuki, for the uninitiated, is basically a celebration of the arrival of winter and the gathering of a good harvest of rice. During said party, rice is steamed and dropped enmasse into a semi-hollowed stump of wood. Party attendants, two at a time, then take up the chore of pounding the rice into sticky submission until you get a taffy-like result. The now mochied-rice is then formed into cakes, divided and frozen for consumption at a later date.
In between the steaming the pounding of course is good conversation, good food and copious amounts of "lubrication".
Like I said, this is the 2nd year in a row that we've attended this particular family's celebration and as before, it was fantastic. The weather was nice, we were in the mountains - 2 hours from Tokyo - the girls had a great time playing and picking lemons & mikans.
Can't wait for next year! This time, I promise, we will show up earlier. It seemed that the day went too quickly.
Arigatou gozaimashita!
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It seems you really had a nice day!! The weather looks brilliant, too. Envious!! Hopefully, we can join you next year...
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