Before WWII, people in Hakata made mochi (sticky rice) cakes in the new year to the sound of the shamisen and taiko drums, and this tradition re-emerged in 1996. Rice is steamed on a shichirin grill and then pounded. Finally, the mochi cakes are handed out to the public on a first-come-first-served basis.
・ 1/26 (Sun.)
・ 12:00~ (approx. 2h)
・ Free
・ Hakata Machiya – Furusatokan (in front of the Machiya Building)
・ 6-10 Reisenmachi, Hakata-ku
・ 092-281-7761
・ http://www.hakatamachiya.com/
Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (fn253, Jan 2020)
