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- Mochi Festival 2010
IslandWood
Sunday, January 3 at 11:00am
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Mochi Traditional mochi tsuki (mochi pounding) involves the steaming of mochi rice which would be pounded with an usu (mortar) and kine (pestle or wooden mallet) until it reached a white pasty consistency. The steamed rice would then be shaped into round pieces or mochi which literally means “round rice.” Electronic mochi-ma...king machines that “pound” the mochi are also used. At WLABT, mochi is prepared both ways. This is a temple fundraiser and all temple members and affiliated members are encouraged to come and participate.
http://wlabt.org/activities/activities_mochitsuki.html
Time:10:00AM Saturday, December 12th
Location:WLABT
Mochi
For over a millennium, making and eating the sweet rice treat mochi has been a celebrated New Year’s tradition in Japan, with generations of families and communities coming together to wish good health and prosperity for the new year. Each year BIJAC brings this celebration to Bainbridge Island. We invite everyone, you...ng and old, to bundle up against the crisp winter air, and enjoy the tradition of mochi tsuki (moe–chee sue–key), or "mochi–making."
Mochi–making involves a centuries old method of first steaming the sweet rice over an open fire, then placing the cooked rice into a warm stone or concrete bowl called an usu. Using large wooden mallets, two people rhythmically pound the rice in the usu while a third person uses his bare hands to swiftly move the rice between each mallet crash. After several minutes of vigorous pounding, the rice becomes a thick, smooth dough — mochi. While traditional pounding takes place outside, back in the kitchen modern mochi-making appliances are also running. Once cooked and pounded, people of all ages hand form the steaming–hot mochi into small cakes. Some are filled with a sweet bean paste called ahn. Guests can then eat their mochi warm and fresh, or bring them home to be later roasted and dipped in a sweetened soy sauce.
IslandWood has generously provided its beautiful, spacious grounds for this event, usually held from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the Sunday closest to New Year's Day. BIJAC's acclaimed Kodomo no Tame Ni–For the Sake of the Children–pictorial history is on display, as is the latest in news about the Nidoto Nai Yoni–Let It Not Happen Again–Memorial. Other activities include performances by Seattle Kokon Taiko, various films about our community, and guided tours of the award winning IslandWood, school in the woods, campus.
This event is free and donations for mochi are welcome.
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community
Time:11:00AM Sunday, January 3rd
Location:IslandWood
Mochi
Join the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Community (BIJAC) for this annual event. Watch or participate in the making of the mochi, a Japanese delicacy. Using steamed sweet rice and pounding it into a soft dough-like texture mochi is shaped into small dumpling-like balls.
Joining other men, women, and children to sh...ape mochi and listen to the laughter from stories exchanged, and seeing the smiles made amidst white powder smudges on faces are memories that make the ending year brighter.
Listen to Taiko drumming in the Great Hall or spend time on the trails with a family walk. IslandWood is pleased to host the annual Mochi festival for the 5th year!
* Cost: Free!
* Ages: Appropriate for all ages
Time:12:00AM Saturday, December 27th
Location:IslandWood
