What is this? Three balls of mochi on a stick, glazed with miso and sprinkled with walnuts. Found it at a food stand in Yoyogi park, in Tokyo, a few days ago. I can’t wait to go back and have more when I return to Tokyo in two and a half weeks.

Interesting aside… more people die in Japan each year from choking on mochi than from bears or snake bites. I will take my chances.