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Still traveling in Japan this week. Naturally, I’ve fallen behind on “posting one or two interesting photos a day”. While I might be slow, there is a growing collection of photos here: Japan 2024

The trip so far: Amazing! It’s going to be tough coming back.

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Our friends invited us to a traditional mochi pounding (mochitsuki) at their neighborhood community center in Osaka. This was an unexpected and special experience for us. For more about mochitsuki, read the traditional preparation section on Wikipedia.

Photo of three Japanese men grinding rice and shrimp into a paste in a stone mortar with wooden kines (pestles). The shrimp color the paste a bright red.
Rice is ground into a paste to make mochi.
Rice is pounded into mochi in a stone mortar.
Photo of three Japanese women shaping mochi.
Shaping mochi.
Photo of people gathered outside of a community center on a corner in a residential neighborhood in Osaka.
People gathered outside a community center in Osaka.

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A belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US. This seemingly random video recommendation was served up to me earlier this week. It’s Grammy from Grammy in the Kitchen talking about her timeline ahead of the big Thanksgiving dinner and she’s not messing around. Everything is homemade. She even makes her own marshmallows for her sweet potato casserole. I imagine canned cranberry sauce is out of the question.

No turkey for us this year as we’re on the road. It’s been a great trip so far. A few pictures are posted here: Japan 2024

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