Grandmothers also joined The Smacking – The Old Aged Institutional Alumni Association at Kusu City was supported

Oita Godo Newspaper (morning edition on February 10, 2008)

             Kusu City’s the advanced aged health institution named “Hane”  informed an alliance rehabilitation on the 7th , after they invited the members of the transportation of ground self defense force  that stationed at the land of Kusu City as a collaborator alumni association (an expert in Kimono – making chairman). Then they opened the rice cake making ceremony.

             From the partner of the alumni association, there were 3 people who joined in. Although a training that took around almost the whole day forged their body, these old people with the using tool which can recognize in the arms and matched to the shouting voices “Yoisho, Yoisho” they could make the rice cake.

              The raising rice cake monthly, there were Ankomochi (a rice cake covered with bean jam) and Kinakomochi (a soybean rice cake). “The freshly baked rice cake is soft and delicious” and so on that while you were having a conversation, you could deliciously eat it.

               Anamoto Tamiyo (90) said “to hold the mallet in the hose is not allowed to do, but here I could have fun myself”. The chairman said that “to do as a distribution area, I also want to continue from the next year onwards. If you could only make a shouting voice, many volunteer works will be on its way”. Making a rice cake was held from the 4th to the 5th.

Comment: I think it is a good idea for the old people, they did lots of things for the benefit of the state and this alumni association should be a relaxed place for them to have some fun activities together at once period of this age in their life to get some rests. There is one thing I am wondering, do you know how many types of rice cakes in Japan? At first, I thought that a rice cake can be made everytime as I want to eat it!! Actually, there is a conflict between Mochi in Japan and Mochi in Thailand, because Mochi in Thailand it is one kind of sweet that you can normally buy from supermarkets or sweet shops, but recently I found out the difference between two things from my host family in Japan.... she told me that Mochi in Japan is the rice cake that will be made for the important ceremonies. So now, let me find out more information about Japanese rice cake making method if I want to eat it sometimes…bye!!

PUNTHUCHAT Siripun

Thailand

APS2, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University