While its roots lie in ceremonial use and as sacred offerings, mochi has since evolved into a beloved dessert, serving as a ...

TOKYO -- Can eating "mochi" rice cake and "daifuku" mochi filled with sweet bean paste help you avoid the restroom? Recently, a curious piece of advice has been circulating on social media as a ...

Kirimochi, meaning “sliced mochi,” is a kind of mochi in which the sticky rice cake is cut into strips and dried, which you then heat up before eating. Ordinarily, kirimochi is made just from ...

Lucky me. Before, I couldn’t get near the place to feast on this nationwide favorite, a fusion of an American doughnut and Japanese mochi — rice flour. These doughnuts look like delicious ...