"Mochimaki" A traditional event of Japan I watched a rare traditional event of Japan. I sometime looked it in childhood, Then, the last time I was saw 30 years. This event to do when the roof of a ne

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"Mochimaki" A traditional event of Japan I watched a rare traditional event of Japan. I sometime looked it in childhood, Then, the last time I was saw 30 years. This event to do when the roof of a new build house is completed At first, house owner and builders pray to God for safety build, happy and peace of family, and after ceremony, and next, house owner invite builders for some meal. Finally, this step ends by main event called '餅まき Mochimaki' is do. '餅まき Mochimaki' means 'to throw rice cakes' in Japanese. The new house build owner invite neighbors in front of house, and throw rice cakes '餅 Mochi', small coins and some sweets from second floor terrace toward neighbors and peoples catch it. Is there such an event in your country?

Dec 3, 2016 3:49 PM

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"Mochimaki": A traditional event of Japan

I watched a rare traditional Japanese event event of Japan. I sometimes saw it as a child looked it in childhood, Then, however the last time I was saw it was 30 years.
This event to do happens when the roof of a newly built house is completed.
At first, the house owner and builders pray to God for safety during the construction build, for the happiness and peace of the family. and After the ceremony, and next, the house owner invites the builders for some a meal. Finally, this step ends by main event called '餅まき Mochimaki' is do.
'餅まき Mochimaki' means 'to throw rice cakes' in Japanese.
The new house build owner owner of the newly built house invites the neighbors in front of house, and throws rice cakes '餅 Mochi', small coins and some sweets from second floor terrace toward the neighbors and the peoples catch it.
Is there such an event in your country?

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Remember to conjugate your verbs correctly:
I invite
You invite
She/He/It/ invites
They invite
We invite

Hope that helps!

December 3, 2016

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