Mochi-Making Cooking Class with Traditional Pounding

Join a family-friendly traditional mochi pounding workshop with costumes, hands-on rice cake making, and a guided tasting session.

Getting started

Begin your Family-Friendly Traditional Mochi Pounding experience by checking in with your reservation and meeting your instructors at the workshop space. You will be briefly introduced to the process and safety guidelines for mochi pounding. After this overview, you will move to the activity area where the tools, ingredients, and costumes for the session are prepared for you and your group.

What to expect

Family-friendly traditional mochi pounding workshop

This is a hands-on, family-friendly mochi pounding session where you learn how Japanese rice cakes are made and why they matter in local culture. Instructors guide you through each step, from preparing the tools to tasting the freshly made mochi with classic toppings.

Features

• In this family-friendly mochi pounding session, instructors explain the cultural significance and history of mochi in Japan while you take turns participating, so everyone can safely experience the traditional rhythm of pounding and turning.
• Traditional tools are central to the workshop, and you work directly with a mochi pounding mortar and mallet, using them like a large mortar and pestle to transform steamed rice into stretchy mochi under the supervision of experienced instructors.
• Costumes for the activity are provided so participants can dress for the workshop, and all sets for rice cake pounding are laid out in advance, including every utensil and surface you need to complete the process from start to finish.
• A tasting follows the pounding segment, where you enjoy freshly made mochi with soy flour (Kinako), red bean soup, and Japanese soy sauce so you can compare different classic flavors and textures in one sitting.