A girl pounds mochi at the Paseo De Marianas on Dec. 28 2020.
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Due to travel restrictions that have shut down the local tourism industry, the Marianas Visitors Authority cancelled its annual âChristmas in the Marianasâ program, which included the mochi-pounding event.
But the Japanese Society of the Northern Marianas decided to hold the event nonetheless in collaboration with PDM Promoters and the Japan Consulate, said Hiroko Tajima, acting chairwoman of the Japanese Society of the Northern Marianas.
Children check out the takeuma, the Japanese walking stilts.
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Tajima said mochi or rice cakes were served in three different flavors: red beans, soybeans with sugar, and soy sauce with seaweed.