Kagami Mochi

Marty CohenB+W, Food Photography, Japanese New Year Celebration 201210 Comments

(Click on the photo to enlarge it.) Kagami Mochi is a traditional Japanese New Year decoration. It is typically composed of two flat, round mochi (rice) cakes (a small one sitting on top of a slightly larger one) shaped like kagami (“an old-fashioned kind of round copper mirror”) and a daidai (a Japanese bitter orange) with an attached leaf on … Read More