Ramen brothers give hours and hours of their personal time.

One grandson makes inari and maki-zushi and is a fan of kuromame (sweet black beans).a Yonsei (fourth-generation JA).

The chewy glutinous rice cakes are typically eaten in the morning on New Years Day in a clear or miso-based soup (depending on where youre from in Japan) to celebrate the coming year.You dont have to be Asian or JA.Upon arriving at the temple.

Kay Obana is all smiles as he cleans the steamer at the Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple mochitsuki.family members bring their specialties for osechi ryori.

when ritual offerings of food were presented to the gods on days that mark the beginning of each season.

for the annual mochitsuki or mochi-pounding.so I left meals uneaten to wait for the sugar rush (oblivious to the cost of those meals ….

Mike didnt give up on people easily.but I think Mike was one of them.

Mikes legacy lives on in our hearts.he led the growth and development of the agency from a moderate-sized agency to a large.