Street Bikers United Hawaii donated toys to help the Kaneohe Marine Corps “Toys for Tots” campaign on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at West Oahu Veterans Center (AMVETS Hawaii) in Ewa Beach.One of SBUH’s members flashes a shaka while adding to the many donations.According to the “Marine Corps Toys for Tots” website (toysfortots.org), the mission of the program “is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas.”SBUH members enjoyed beautiful weather and a successful event.
DEC. 28: MOCHITSUKI AT NICHIREN MISSION OF HAWAII
Keith Nagai and Terry Teruya place the freshly steamed mochi rice into the usu.Watch your fingers! Kalei Kini pounds the mochi while Terry Teruya flips the mochi in between each swing making sure it’s pounded evenly.Ann Teruya shapes the kagami mochi with care. Kagami mochi, or mirror rice cake, is a traditional Japanese New Year decoration.Kagami mochi consists of two round mochi with a smaller one placed on top a larger one, and a daidai (a bitter orange) with an attached leaf on top. “Daidai” means “from generation to generation.”
