Rice Pounding Ceremony [Image 4 of 5]

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

12.12.2009

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Smith 

U.S. Navy           

U.S. Navy chief petty officers and sailors from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force participate in Mochitsuki, the traditional rice pounding ceremony. The ceremony took place aboard the JMSDF Yokosuka base. Mochi is a traditional Japanese food made by pounding cooked rice with wooden mallets.

• Date Taken: 12.12.2009
• Date Posted: 12.15.2009 03:09
• Photo ID: 231730
• VIRIN: 091212-N-2218S-096
• Resolution: 1936x1296
• Size: 763.7 KB
• Location: YOKOSUKA, JP