In a small shop nestled in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, a small but popular Japanese confectionary shop called Fugetsu-Do is turning 120 years old. Though this is a remarkable achievement — ...

Every year, Japan’s national police and emergency response services issue public warnings to be careful when eating mochi rice cakes, the sticky, sweet traditional delicacy served to celebrate the new ...

Made by pounding cooked glutinous short-grained mochi rice, mochi is a sticky Japanese food eaten as a sweet or savory treat. Mochi is to Japanese people what latkes are for Jewish people, or black ...

Kirimochi 切り餅 is a type of dried mochi (rice cake made of mochigome glutinous rice) cut into rectangles. They're one of the most common forms of dried mochi cakes and are typically bought at New ...

A sticky New Year's tradition has reportedly claimed another life in Japan -- but if the elderly woman was the only casualty, it marks an improvement on previous years. Japan Today reports that a ...

Six people died in Japan while ringing in 2011 after choking on traditional rice cakes that are a staple of the country’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. The confirmed victims – who were between the ages ...

Mochi ice cream has become a wildly popular frozen treat nationwide. If you're not familiar, it's a scoop of ice cream surrounded by sweet rice dough, stemming from a Japanese dessert concept. Many ...

Heralding the New Year always means celebrating with a lot of food. In Japan, however, festivities took a tragic turn as many choked on mochi, a sticky rice cake traditionally served during the ...