MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Van Wimmer, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, pounds rice with a wooden mallet and mortar during the Annual Misawa Air Base Rice Cake Pounding Ceremony here, Dec. 19. Guests and participants ate the pounded rice formed into rice cakes known as mochi. While eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kia Atkins)
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