Get ready to pound mochi as part of the annual tradition at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre this Sunday. Mochitsuki, meaning mochi-pounding, is a Japanese end-of-year tradition. At ...

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).