Mochi, or rice cakes, are served to participants during the annual Mochi Pounding Ceremony at the Japan Air-Self Defense Force facility at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 15, 2014. The rice treat is traditionally made to celebrate the New Year by pounding steamed, glutinous rice with a large mallet in a large wooden motar. Mochi can be enjoyed in a soup called zoni with fish and vegetables in a sweet red-bean soup rolled in soybean flour or dipped in sweet red-bean paste. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tong Duong/Released)
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