Where to Find Mochi and Other Sweet Treats for Girls’ Day in Honolulu
Your guide to cookies, cakes, bento, pretzels, polveron, mochi truffles and more for March 3.
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Why We Eat Mochi and Display Dolls on Girls’ Day in Hawai‘i
The story behind this ancient Japanese custom—and a mochi recipe, too.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for March 3–9, 2022
Grab mochi for Girls Day, read these local books and check out a new(ish) farmers market at Windward Mall this weekend on Oʻahu.
Awesome eats this Friday: Girls’ Day mochi from Fujiya
Friday is Girls’ Day, which means … mochi, mochi, mochi! We’re celebrating with a special Awesome eats mochi pop-up featuring Kalihi’s Fujiya Hawaii. And we’re not talking just mochi: In honor of Girls’ Day, Fujiya has designed two oishii boxes…
Where to get Girls’ Day mochi
Thursday is Girls’ Day, the happy third day of the third month when it’s traditional to eat Japanese mochi. With spring in the air (in Japan at least), sakura mochi are popular (pink mochi wrapped in salted cherry leaves), as…
Celebrating females
In Japanese culture, March 3 marks Girl’s Day, which originated from a ceremony where people would make paper dolls and transfer their ill fortunes or sicknesses to the dolls. They would then cast the dolls into a river and welcome…
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