When I am not in Japan, I’m very fortunate to basically live in a “Little Tokyo” environment where I can witness special festivals & traditions. New Years Day is a very important day for everyone! And what better way to celebrate than with pounding mochi as hard as you can! The Japanese celebrate Oshogatsu on New Years Day with mochi pounding, eating osechi-ryori (seaweed, fish cakes, mashed sweet potato with chessnut, simmered burdock root, and sweetened black soybeans), and a Lion Dance.
At my local supermarket is where the festivities went down for the New Year. When I arrived the Lion dance & Taiko were heavily on its way. Everyone in there were just beaming. I felt everyone was really happy that we have seen another year on this earth. It was a great way to start 2010 and so I raised my large wooden mallot and pounded away with all of my heart and soul! This year was off to a great start!
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it seems very fun :33
woow, great new year. that's can be fun. thanks for sharing
thats seem so much fun ! ๐
nice doing ^ฯ^ luv u steph!
that is soooooo cool!
your so cute on that pic'!!
Wahh, I wanna do that too. Having a huge wooden mallet would be awesome. <: <3
Now that is awesome ๐
I want to do that~!
The lion dance sounds cool 8'D
It sounds like a fun supermarket lolll
Wow. Mochi used to be one of my favourite food items when I was a little kid. ;o;
Anywho, it's good to hear that you had a good New Years Day and I hope the rest of 2010 will be awesome for you! :]
Aaaah. D:
Looking at mochi reminds me of when I was little — one of my favourite foods back then was mochi. +_+
Anywho, I'm glad to hear that you had a good New Years Day and I hope you have a terrific 2010! :]
Wow..! That looks so fun!! I love your outfit ๐
you’re cute!! xD
Wow, sounds like you had lots of fun o:
And I’ve never tried mochi before, but it sounds really good ^_^
OmG looks like a big bowl of iceing… :O
sorry a bit hyper xD~
looks fun ^^
awww…. XDDD
that looks fun….
thank you for sharing…. XDDD
now i learned something new about japan XD
:OO!!! i want to hold a large wooden mallet too~~ (((:!!
Heh, sorry, I accidentally replied to you. ^__^'
Sweet! ๐ That sounds like a whole lot of fun. :3
So cute! I wish we had a Little Tokyo here too. That mallot you got to use looks awesome. Hoped the mochi tasted great, and Happy New Years! <3
I wish I could go to a festival like that!
Cute<3.
๐ Btw love your new hair cut.
Also looks like you having fun hahas.:D.
Awesome!
Pounding mochi sounds like a good stress reliever^-^
I wish I could go to a festival like that.
Uwaaaaah! It seems that you had a fun time there. (n u n)b
cool! ๐
i dont know what's that but can you teach me huh xDD
Looks fun!! :DD
Wow
Thats sooo coool ^.^
I wish i could go to tokyo
is it nice there..? ๐
Nice! I'd like to try Mochi. i bet it's really good. xD
waaah i'm so jealous xD! i always wanted to pound mochi ;_;
Very cool! ^^
I've never seen little Tokyo before, can't be so different from big Tokyo XD
how fun :O
wow!! i want to pound mochi too~~ ^^
That sounds like a ton of fun! I always wanted to pound mochi, myself. XD
Can’t say the osechi-ryori sounded too appetising to me, but let’s hope it is, haha. XD
That’s really nice Steph…I want to try doing that! Looks great!~~โฅ
Tokyo is so cool! Wish to get there someday!
looks yummy
looks yummy
nice pot (^u^)
cool!!!
Sound fun..
amuchan20
I wish I could go to Japan…..
It is my greatest dream to go there…..I also want to do the tradition of the Japanese…..Hope someday….I can go there….Also I want to become a Manga artist…^_^
yuuki17
๐ ๐ So cool~ I wish I could pound mochi as well *u*
koolio i wish i could go to tokyo too n_n
:O how cool~
that is so cool! i want that hammer!
Looks heavy…T_T
I want to do that too T_T
Happy New Year Stephanie!
looks fun :3
Pounding mochi? That sounds really cool!
OMG, mochi love!! That looks so fun XD cooking and then hitting the food >:D lol, yeah… But you’re so lucky to do so many fun things! Happy New Year!
waaah looks fun ๐
waaaah looks fun ๐
your outfit is cute.xD
i like your boots..:3
You an poundsome gapes wih that. 8|
That sounded fun!
I’m jealous~ all that delicious mochi~ Congrats to another wonderful year!
This made me hungry. You look cute ๐
Oh wow, I really want to see a taiko being played!
epic! ๐
Whoah! Your outfit is really cute. Were you able to eat the mochi? I bet it was tasty ^^
haha>< that seems like so much fun, but it must be tiring pounding on it with such a big hammer-thingee^^
xD Awesomeee.
That’s so awesome>.<
ive never done that before! and it looks tasty too~ :9
How long do you pound? It’s a good new year workout! XD
cool! ur so lucky ^^
D; why do you have these pretty boots on?
They will get dirty! ๐
Anyway, i love your outfit ;3
awesome! i wish i was there. o u o
Yar. Pounding mochi is a good stress reliever like amanda.elena said :X
Lucky~ ; o; I want to do that someday.
I’m glad you had fun. :]
nice ! ^0^ aaw i wish i was there, i would love to go to Tokio
ahaha, looks like fun. wouldn’t want to eat it though D: I never liked mochi. ;3; it’s got the weirdest texture and taste at times, lol. that looks like it was really hard to do, how heavy is that mallet?? :O
I want to pound Mochi one day ;o;~ You look so cute holding that hammer x]~~ I hope you have a great 2010~!!
Adorable as always, Stephanie. x)
Pounding mochi must be fun! Though that looks pretty heavy XD
That sounds like fun!
omg!
it looks like you had so much fun!
i’m so jealous that you got to pound mochi. ; o ;
i bet it tastes really good, too.
Wow, that’s sooo cool. I’ve always wanted to taste Mochi, it sounds delcious.espeo
That sounds like a good way to relieve stress by pounding something into a a rubbery flat… thing. What’s the Lion Dance?
Wow I wish I could pound Mochi with a giant wooden hammer!
Fun!! Pounding mochi sounds like an awesome thing to do =]
that sounds fun! is japanese new year the same day as new years in the usa?
Nice, hope you had fun ^^
D: I want to pound mochi I had some Mochi ice cream but never got to pound it XD
But you look like you had lot of fun wish I was there :3
Happy New Year!! <3
Sweet ^^ I’ve nver heard of a Litte Tokyo, just China Towns. Happy New Years! I wanna go to Tokyo someday ^^
Oh! That sounds like lots of fun! I want mochi too!
That sounds like fun ! It must be a cool supermarket LOL
That looks really fun *A*
MOCHI!!!>w< it seems like a lot of fun to pound one maybe i should try it one day
Ahha! Pounding Mochi sounds fun. o:
What flavor was that? XDD
that seem fun
vannylove99
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ooooh im soo jealous of you! you’re so lucky to be able to do these things!
Ah I would love to do the mochi pounding though I’d think I’d tire out very quickly! ;3;
thats pretty awesome, there isnt much diversity where i live so the chances of haveing asian anything is just a futile dream sigh
Looks like a lot of fun :3
getting into the culture X3 that’s always fun ^^
The traditions there seem a lot more fun than the ones here xD
Looks like it was a good time. ^^
you look like you are having a lot of fun!!
I like your boots
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Glad that it seems like you had fun.
Question: Did the mochi splatter?
That must of been some fun pounding <3
Omg awesome ~ I’d love to do that some day ^o^
omg stephanie! lovez the picture! and tokyo must be awesome and wish i gone there but dont have enough money anyway
:O That is so cool, and you look adorable :D.
OMG! You were in Little Tokyo?! I could have been there! T^T
Anyways, it looks like you were having fun! I want to try the mochi you helped made. >3