when he won a local radio stations amateur contest.

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.

For those like myself who are unfamiliar with the word.

The rice was first mashed together by using the heads of the large wooden mallets to form a glob.he also served as a reserve Navy chaplain.

Maekawa was ordained a priest in 1998 in Oakland and was assigned to St.Later assignments included director of the University of Washingtons Prince of Peace Newman Center and director of vocations for the Western Dominican Province.

assigned to Marine and Navy reserve units.Having completed the novitiate.