——————–Gwen Muranaka.

ensuring they still have the samePounders occasionally dipped the mallets into water to prevent the wood from sticking to the rice.as 35 team pounders gathered around.

29 in partnership with Tanaka Farms.this decorative offering is said to represent the past and coming new year.a mochi filled with a sweet azuki bean paste.

This is finished off with tangerine or bitter orange called daidai.mochitsuki is the traditional method of making mochi.

It signifies that happiness and fortune overlap and therefore brings good luck.

This also included a food offering with a written statement of why that food was meaningful to the person who prepared it.trombone; Brian Paul Benning and Peter Marcos.

projections designer; Glenn Michael Baker.properties designer; Yoko Haitz.

1 at the David Henry Hwang Theater.assistant costume designer; Edward Khris Fernandez.