Then Cate and I eating it!

Mochi is like a sticky, sweetish rice cake. Ours were dusted in a cinnamon type of sweet powder.

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Hiroshima & Miyajima - Food, Flowers and a Funky Monkey

May 17th 2007
Always a festival on in Japan! During Golden Week (basically lots of public holidays in a row) in Japan, Rebekah, Cate and I went on a short holiday to Hiroshima. After 4 hours sitting on the floor of the Shinkansen bullet train, as we left it too late to buy reserved seat tickets, we arrived at Hiroshima Station. We finally found our accommodation, Ryokan Sansui, and then were taken for a shor ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hiroshima

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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