Mochi, Definition, Facts, Japan, New Year, & Rice Cakes

Mochi, rice cakes of Japanese origin. In A Diplomat in Japan (1921), Sir Ernest Satow described mochi as being “prepared and decorated in proper fashion with a Seville orange and fern.” And omochi (the honorific is commonly used for this sacred food) remain an indispensable part of New Year

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