WorldWideKittyGlassesProject : mochi (rice cake making in santiago

Sunday, December 28, 2014

mochi (rice cake making in santiago

So the last time I was at the Japanese society in Santiago I looked at the upcoming events and noticed that there was a traditional mochi (rice cake) making event the day that I got back from California. Since I arrived in the morning, I knew I would be able to make it on time. I dropped my bags off and went immediately to the society. They had already been working for a couple hours when I got there. I of course wanted to help out. Last year when I was in Japan my friend and I were walking on the street and randomly saw people doing it so we joined it. It was a lot of fun. Pictures from the time I did it last year in Japan can be seen here:

http://worldwidekittyglassesproject.blogspot.com/2013/12/mochirice-cake-making.html

So I knew I wanted to participate again in the mochi making process. The event was fun and it was great talking to everyone. There was a lot of hard work and sweat put into making the mochi. They used 60kg of rice!!! Definitely a hard days work! Thanks to everyone who participated! It was a great day!