Two people died in Japan after choking on mochi to celebrate the new year. Despite officials warning the population about the ...

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.

Two men in Tokyo, Japan died after choking on mochi around New Years, and now officials are warning others to take care when ...

A ceremony to distribute traditional round rice cakes was held on Monday at Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan.

The emergency services have issued advisories urging Japanese people to eat mochi with care, including tips on dealing with choking.

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).

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

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Flipping the mochi is hard. The rice comes out real hot. Um, all about timing. Make sure you, your fingers don’t get smashed.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A free mochi-tuski rice cake-pounding event will be held at the Kingston Pop-Up Shop & Cafe at 10 Cedar St. on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 2-4 p.m. The organizers said the mochi ...

Work to make round rice cakes for New Year is in full swing at Yamada Mochi Honten rice cake shop in Nagoya's Mizuho Ward on Dec. 27, 2024. In the work area, where steam was rising from rice ...