{"id":936,"date":"2012-12-04T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T06:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=936"},"modified":"2012-12-04T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T06:03:51","slug":"mochitsuki-making-mochi-rice-cake-dec-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/shopping\/mochitsuki-making-mochi-rice-cake-dec-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mochitsuki&#8221; &#8211; Making Mochi (Rice cake) Dec 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>&#8220;Mochi&#8221; <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is a traditional food made from steamed rice pounding into sticky rice cake, it also signifies auspicious sign often used at happy events in Japan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/a0007_002767.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"a0007_002767\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/a0007_002767.jpg?resize=481%2C321&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"321\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a title=\"mochitsuki\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yamabewine.com\/osirase\/index.html\">&#8220;Mochitsuki&#8221; (Pounding Mochi) event <\/a><\/span><\/strong>is coming on December 9th Sunday at <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a title=\"Yamabe Winery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yamabewinery.co.jp\/\">Yamabe Winery<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in Matsumoto.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/motituki.gif?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"motituki\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/motituki.gif?resize=593%2C851&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"851\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Venue: Yamabe Winery<\/span><\/strong> (ALPICO Bus <a title=\"Iriyamabe line\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alpico.co.jp\/access\/matsumoto\/pdf\/iriyamabe20101001.pdf\" target=new>&#8220;<strong>Iriyamabe line&#8221;\u5165\u5c71\u8fba\u7dda<\/strong><\/a>, off at &#8220;Iriyamabe-kyoku-mae \u5165\u5c71\u8fba\u5c40\u524d\u4e0b\u8eca\uff09<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Date: \u00a0 December 9th Sunday, \u00a011:00~ \u00a0&amp; \u00a013:00~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Charge: Free (Everybody can join!)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After making, warm and delicious mochi will be served for the participants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/a1080_000095.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"a1080_000095\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/a1080_000095.jpg?resize=481%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"320\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mIMG03.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"mIMG03\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mIMG03.jpg?resize=554%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"240\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participate in our traditional event at Yamabe Winery! \u00a0It will be so much fun and interesting!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/shopping\/mochitsuki-making-mochi-rice-cake-dec-9th\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/shopping\/mochitsuki-making-mochi-rice-cake-dec-9th\/\" data-text=\"&quot;Mochitsuki&quot; - Making Mochi (Rice cake) Dec 9th\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mochi&#8221; is a traditional food made from steamed rice pounding into sticky rice cake, it also signifies auspicious sign often used at happy events in Japan. &#8220;Mochitsuki&#8221; (Pounding Mochi) event is coming on December 9th Sunday at Yamabe Winery in Matsumoto. Venue: Yamabe Winery (ALPICO Bus &#8220;Iriyamabe line&#8221;\u5165\u5c71\u8fba\u7dda, off at &#8220;Iriyamabe-kyoku-mae \u5165\u5c71\u8fba\u5c40\u524d\u4e0b\u8eca\uff09 Date: \u00a0 December 9th Sunday, \u00a011:00~ \u00a0&amp; \u00a013:00~ Charge: Free (Everybody can join!) After making, warm and delicious mochi will be served for the participants. Participate in our traditional event at Yamabe Winery! \u00a0It will be so much fun and interesting!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/shopping\/mochitsuki-making-mochi-rice-cake-dec-9th\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/shopping\/mochitsuki-making-mochi-rice-cake-dec-9th\/\" data-text=\"&quot;Mochitsuki&quot; - Making Mochi (Rice cake) Dec 9th\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2354,2365,2357,2356,2353,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/a0007_002767-1.jpg?fit=481%2C321","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Mochitsuki&quot; 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