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The first sunday I was in Japan I not only went to Hanami, I also made some o-mochi(お餅). O-mochi is boiled rice pounded into a sticy dough with an big wooden maul. Near the Oginome's home there was a small o-mochi & hanami happening and when they saw the gaijin I was immediately invited to try making o-mochi. So I rolled up my sleeves, grapped the maul and showed them how we make o-mochi where I come from. Every time I pounded the rice a Japanese lady turned the rice around so it gradually turned into a sticy dough.

Gaijin making o-mochi