Arare (food)
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Arare is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce. The size and shapes are what distinguish arare from senbei. The name is chosen to evoke hailstones
Hina-arare, a variety of arare
Various types of arare
Arare covered peanuts
Store selling arare, okaki, senbei and other rice crackers
Mochi
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Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of mochigome, a short-grain japonica glutinous rice, and sometimes other ingredients such as water, sugar, and cornstarch. The steamed rice is pounded into paste and
Rice cake kirimochi or kakumochi
Rice cake marumochi
Steamed rice in a stone mortar being mashed with a wooden kine (pestle) during mochitsuki
Making mochi with modern equipment