Saturday, January 26, 2019

Traditional New Year's Mochizuki Festival




January 14, 2019
"In Japan, mochi has been eaten for New Year’s since at least the Heian period (794-1185). At this point, mochi was actually eaten in hopes that it would bring your teeth and bones strength for the New Year because the mochi that was set out as an offering was tough to eat by the New Year. Mochi sounds similar to the Japanese word for “to hold” or “to have”, so mochi is eaten in hopes of gaining good fortune over the coming year. Mochi is so culturally significant in Japan that where Americans will look at the moon and see the face of a man, Japanese see rabbits pounding mochi." Sofia tapping into her Japanese roots at the Mochizuki festival in Dallas this past Sunday.





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