For the Lunar New Year, the Japanese celebrate with kagami mochi (or mirror rice cake) and Koreans enjoy tteokguk, or rice cake soup. Related: Costco Fans Are Rushing to Find the Tropical Mochi ...

Inside, figurines of woodland animals sit on shelves that once held locally made Japanese rice crackers for sale (the company closed decades ago). A small glass display case holds the mochi and ...

sweet filling. You can also roll the mochi into small balls and drizzle with caramel, honey or sweetened condensed milk, then top with crunchy things like graham cracker crumbs, crushed peanuts or ...