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Daifukuji Soto Mission Mochi Tsuki 2012Subscribe to RSS - Daifukuji Soto Mission Mochi Tsuki 2012

<p>Justin Uchimura left and Derek Ogi get into the rhythm of pounding the sweet rice into mochi at the Mochi Tsuki Friday morning at the Kona Daifukuji Soto Mission in Honalo. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)</p>

Goodness gracious — Great balls of mochi

Updated: Dec 29, 2012 9:12am

The rhythmic pounding of sweet rice becoming mochi reverberated through Honalo’s Daifukuji Soto Mission early Friday as several generations churned out thousands of the traditional Japanese new...