This year's mochitsuki was on Saturday, out at Katsuura Elementary...
Mochi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Mochitsuki is the traditional mochi-pounding ceremony in Japan.
1. Polished glutinous rice is soaked overnight and cooked.
2. The cooked rice is pounded with wooden mallets (kine) in a traditional mortar (usu). Two people will alternate the work, one pounding and the other turning and wetting the mochi. They must keep a steady rhythm or they may accidentally injure one another with the heavy kine.
3. The sticky mass is then formed into various shapes (usually a sphere or cube)."
Always fun to watch the munchkins pounding away on the rice. Giving children large wooden mallets to hit things with always equals win.
They also utilize the mochi-pounding-machine-of-death [
not its real name, of course. I think.]
Sometimes I steal children.
I usually give them back, tho'.
Child labor at it's finest. Never let it be said that nothing can be accomplished from such measures.
The Hanes Corporation ensures I never forget I was born and raised in NC.
I defy you to find anything much cuter than this.
This young man was making an Xmas tree out of his flour. God bless American cultural hegemony.
In Japan, training of citizens in use of the camera begins early.
This munchkin was hanging around. Too adorable, yes?
...and I, of course, had to get in on the act.
Good times...
omg, i think that's the first time i've seen you in jeans in a while. i know i don't live with you but i can't remember the last time i saw you or photos of you in jeans.
ReplyDeleteOh, you observant Snider ladies.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there's a whole, entirely too girly story there of actually being able to wear those jeans again. First time in a long time.
ha ha! i was right?? so what's the story? nothing will be girly unless you state something along the lines of "so i kept my skinny jeans"...
ReplyDeleteshould i be buying smaller shirts? i've been buying XXL b/c i know you liked baggy...
Nah, I think Thai XXL is fine... not sure what the one I bought when I was there is... the tag has faded... anything's fine, I remain in your debt, etc, etc. And don't go crazy or anything... just one or so is plenty, with my thanks.
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