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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
The Sheraton Waikiki, along with members of the Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters of Hawaii, hosted a mochi-pounding yesterday at the hotel. Virginia Cardenas, a hotel housekeeper, swung a mean "kine," or hammer, to turn the mochi rice into a sticky confection.

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
After steaming for an hour, six pounds of mochi rice was loaded into an "usu," or mortar, by Motoyuki Gonan. A total of 36 pounds was pounded.

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Momoko Yamada, a visitor from Japan, finished eating her mochi.




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