Two people died in Japan after choking on mochi to celebrate the new year. Despite officials warning the population about the ...

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 ...

Work to make round rice cakes for New Year is in full swing at Yamada Mochi Honten rice cake shop in Nagoya's Mizuho Ward on ...

This is mochi, or rice cake, formed into a round shape to represent a mirror (kagami), one of the three sacred treasures, and displayed at New Year as an offering to the New Year gods (toshigami).

Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls ...

Did you have rice cake soup along with Osechi? Chujo: Yes, of course. The difference is that Japanese rice cakes are made from sticky glutinous rice while Korean rice cakes are made from regular ...

Around 10 artisans at the Takayama Workshop of the Hida Hana-Mochi Association have been busy decorating tree branches with tiny red and white rice cakes, each about 1 centimeter wide, that look ...

Mochi, a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice, is more than just a nostalgic taste of Japan; the very act of making mochi ...

Four women in their 80s died in Tokyo after choking on “mochi” sticky rice cakes ... who ate “ozoni” rice cake soup at her home on the morning of Jan. 1. She was taken to a hospital ...

Bibingka is a traditional Filipino cake made with rice flour, coconut milk, eggs, and sugar. Similar to mochi, it’s slightly ...

Japan’s emergency services are warning New Year revellers not to bite off more than they can chew when they savour traditional mochi rice cakes over the holidays. An essential element of the ...