In Japan, the New Year is a time of celebration, filled with cherished traditions and delicious foods. One such delicacy is ...

The rice cakes are stretched, cut into thin strips about 1 centimeter wide each, and wrapped around willow or plum tree branches. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.

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).

So let's make some colorful spring dishes: Chef Saito's Chirashi Sushi Cake ... into thin strips. - Cut stuffed olives in half. - Tear the nori into small pieces. 4. Pack the rice into a mold ...

According to Japanese media, 90% of those rushed to hospital from choking on their new year's dish are people aged 65 or older. Chew, chew, chew. If that's not possible, the rice cakes need to be ...

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