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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Japanese New Year's Mochitsuki (Rice Cake Pounding)
  Event\nEvent Url: http://www.peakradar.com/event/detail/33291/Japanese_Ne
 w_Years_Mochitsuki_Rice_Cake_Pounding_Event\nEvent Date Begin: 2009-01-17
 \nEvent Date End: 2009-01-17\n\nThis year's Japanese New Year's Mochitsuki
  (or Rice Cake Pounding event) will take place at Colorado College's Worne
 r Student Center in Colorado Springs. The public is invited to participate
  in this annual free event sponsored by the Japan America Society of South
 ern Colorado (JASSC).\nHot\, sticky rice will be pounded with a huge woode
 n mallet (called a kee-neh) in a '-pound wooden mortar\; when the rice has
  been sufficiently pounded into a smooth\, white mass\, it will be shaped 
 into edible mochi cakes to be consumed by everyone present. Sweet bean pas
 te\, sweet powdered soy beans\, soy sauce and sugar\, seaweed and other co
 ndiments will be added to the mochi to add to the flavor. Hot green tea an
 d soft drinks will also be served.\nAll who attend\, including children\, 
 are invited to help pound mochi. Consumption of mochi\, which is believed 
 to insure longevity and prosperity in the New Year\, is a must for all Jap
 anese at the beginning of the year. In order that JASSC can be prepared wi
 th enough drinks and mochi for the expected large crowd\, those attending 
 are asked make reservations.\nE-mail Paul Maruyama at pmaruyama@earthlink.
 net or call (719) 266-5625 by January 12\, 2009\, to make reservations.\n
 \nStart time: 10:00 a.m. - Noon
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SUMMARY:Japanese New Year's Mochitsuki (Rice Cake Pounding) Event
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