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It’s Mochitsuki Time!
November 30 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
It’s Mochitsuki Time!
Saturday, November 30, 2024
8 am – approx. 1 pm
Enmanji Buddhist Temple Memorial Hall
1200 Gravenstein Hwy South, Sebastopol
Free and open to the Public
Potluck Lunch
The public is invited to make mochi the traditional Japanese way.
- Help and learn how to pound and shape mochi.
- Those who bring pre-soaked rice (up to 3 lbs/family) will take home mochi. The rice you bring will be the mochi you take home (see instructions on the JACL website at: https://sonomacountyjacl.org/
- This is an educational, cultural, and more importantly, a participatory community event. Everyone bringing rice to make mochi is asked to stay to help others. 8:00 am – 1:00 pm (or when mochi has been made for everyone).
- We’ll have pastries, coffee, & tea in the morning.
- At noon, we’ll break for lunch, so please bring something to eat. Sorry, we will not be serving lunch. Hint: if you don’t have time to prepare a lunch, you can DoorDash.
- If you are planning to come, please RSVP to: event@sonomacountyjacl.orgor text a message to (707) 836-3560.
IMPORTANT
Download this flyer for complete information – what rice to buy, when to soak it, etc!
Photos of last year’s Mochitsuki by Grace Cheung-Schulman.
