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Mochitsuki is not for wimps

Mochi rice cakes and the folklore surrounding its making constitutes the core of New Year’s celebrations in Japan. The status of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity inscribed to washoku in December 2013, clearly specifies that ‘the basic knowledge and the...

How traditional is ‘traditional’ Japanese cuisine? [⇗]

UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has just announced this year’s additions to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Among the winners is an entry that was submitted by the...