Mochi-Making Cooking Class with Traditional Pounding

- Discover how mochi shapes Japanese celebrations as you hear stories about its role while you help turn rice into rice cakes during this shared activity. - Arrive with your reservation, change into the activity costume, then learn how to handle the mallet before you start the rice cake activity. - Use the mortar, mallet, and mochi pounding tools as everyone takes turns crushing rice and pressing it into cakes you can lift by hand. - Finish by tasting the mochi you made, topping pieces with kinako, Japanese soy sauce, and red bean soup under your instructors' guidance.