Mochi Pounding Party!

The Japanese here on base hosted a Mochi Pounding party and this year I brought Ryan with me!

He had a ton of fun trying out the wooden toys... especially the spinning tops!

This man was writing "Snodgrass Family" in kanji!

It took some serious bribery, but I finally got Ryan to pound the mochi so I could get a picture!

Ryan and I with a couple japanese dancers after their performance

Us in front of a japanese 'good luck/fortune in the new year' arrangement :)

The finished product!