While traditional mochi cakes have been a celebrated part of Japanese culture for centuries, most Americans are more familiar ...

The cakes, known as mochi, are cute round buns made of soft and chewy rice. The rice is first steamed and then pounded and mashed. Mochi-pounding at a shrine in Tokyo The resulting sticky rice ...

Mets Predicted To Cut Ties With Pete Alonso In Favor Of $60 Million Gold Glover I spent 77 hours traveling from California to ...

Oshogatsu, the Japanese New Year, is one of the most important festive events of the Japanese calendar symbolising traditions ...

Four women in their 80s died in Tokyo after choking on “mochi” sticky rice cakes, which are traditionally eaten at the start of the New Year, Tokyo’s Fire Department said. They were among 16 ...

Production of hana-mochi traditional New Year’s decorations, a skill handed down over generations, is reaching its peak in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture.

Norii said if you see someone choking, find out if they're able to make any sound and, if so, encourage them to cough. Then, ...