Good morning!! We are Chinatsu, Saya and Arisa, three nice girls.

We are sixteen years old and we live in Aki city and Tano town.Do you know ≥mochi≤? Mochi is Japanese food. We introduce ≥mochi≤.

Japanese rice cake is mochi.

Rice cakes are a food in Japan. It is a very famous food. The colors are white, pink(red), green or other colors. The shapes are rectangles, rhombus or circles.

Rice cakes are often toasted.

The first picture is of ≥ohagi≤. It is a rice dumpling covered with a very sweet been paste. We eat it on the days of the autumn equinox and the spring equinox.

The second picture is of ≥sakura-mochi≤. It is often displayed in food shop counters.

The third picture is of ≥kashiwa-mochi≤. It is a rice cake wrapped in an oak leaf.

There are many other kinds of ≥mochi≤. Mochi is a delicious food. We hope if you get a chance, you can eat ≥mochi≤.

Please tell us about your culture.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Bye bye.