If you’ve never tried Hawaiian butter mochi, you’re in for a treat! This chewy, golden-brown dessert is a delightful fusion ...

It’s not just for mochi. Mochi is a popular Japanese dessert. These round, colorful confections are made from dough wrapped around ice cream—hence why they’re frozen. To make the dough ...

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued ...

However, Japan’s warabimochi is quite different. The traditional Japanese dessert is a delicate, jelly-like treat made with ...

If not chewed but simply swallowed, the sticky mochi gets stuck in the throat - and can lead to suffocation. According to Japanese media, 90% of those rushed to hospital from choking on their new ...

Warabimochi Kamakura, a globally renowned dessert shop originating in Japan, officially opened its first outpost in the ...

Pounding and eating mochi offers good luck, health, prosperity and happiness.

Crystal Lee: This is rainbow dango, bite-sized orbs of colorful, tender mochi. In a process similar to taffy, it's made every day by hand along with a selection of other wagashi, or Japanese treats.

The fire department told the Japanese outlets that one of those who died was a man in his 70s who choked on mochi while at his home in Itabashi City just after 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 1. The second was ...