Yokota leaderships experience Japanese traditional Mochi-tsuki

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lt.Col. Ryuji Yamawaki, Air Base Support Squadron commander, teaches Col. Tanya J. Anderson, 374th Mission Support Group commander, how to form rice cake into a flattened round shape during pounding rice event hosted by Japan Air Self-Defense Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 12, 2018. After the steamed rice is pounded, it is broken into smaller pieces and formed into a flattened round shape and coated with sweet roasted soybean flour, soy sauce, grated radish with soy sauce, or filled with anko (sweet red bean paste). (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

PHOTO BY: Machiko Arita

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