Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Japanese Makes Mochi To Celebrate New Year's Day


People make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
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People make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese Buddhist Monk, Binsyo Yukinaga makes rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan.The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
Women make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
A man steams rice to make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese Buddhist Monks steam rice to make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
People make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Women make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
People make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Women make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
Japanese Buddhist Monks steam rice to make rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
Japanese Buddhist Monk makes rice cakes, Mochi for celebrations of the forthcoming Year of the Dragon at Zuiganji temple on December 28, 2011 in Himeji, Japan.The Japanese calendar is divided into twelve parts and is commonly associated with the twelve animals, the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and the Pig.

Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the steam rice. Mochi is a traditional food and decoration which make for Japanese New Year. Kagami Mochi as rice cake decoration for the new year and usually displayed inside the house, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes (mochi) of different sizes, the smaller placed over the larger one and Japanese type of bitter orange placed on top. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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