000 Japanese Americans held at Manzanar.

Once the smooth texture was achieved (or you ran out of time).A favored version made for this time of year is anmochi.

the mound was placed on a board and transferred to a work station where the team members formed two mochi cakes (in our case three).Thinking about all of the community events held at the farm throughout the year.OCO member Jesse James and his cooking crew provided ozoni (a delicious New Years soup with mochi) for the participants and guests.

the kagami was topped with a baseball.First thinking this to be a one-and-done event.

This was the first year that the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) fielded a team to take part in the competition.

This first phase was done to avoid having chunks of rice fly in all directions.The true story of Miyamoto Musashi.

Reiko Taki is an artist based in Japan who has illustrated many best-selling manga.action-packed story about the most exciting figure in Japanese history.

The exciting events recounted in this book include:Musashis first duel at the age of 13 when he succesfully defeated a much older and more experienced swordsmanThe dramatic showdown at Ganryujima.a man whose story continues to be told in countless video games and anime series.