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Why is Mochi (rice cake), which causes 40% of all choking deaths in January, not banned in Japan? I suggest even those in power are captives of this deadly delicacy. I explore Mochi-tsuki as a lost year-end ritual requiring immense effort and communal unity. I reveal a non-psychological difference: commercial mochi is often made from flour, unlike the superior fresh-pounded version. Finally, I connect mochi's famous stickiness to traditional craft: rice paste was once the ideal glue for wooden furniture.

If you stop being curious, you will emotionally crumble. My blog is my anti-aging strategy, leading me to the genius of the hexagon. Why do bees choose it? It's the contact point theory that proves its work efficiency. Even the Japanese word for snowflakes, Rokka, means "hexagonal flower."

Do you notice anything peculiar in the above image of the big forest at the bottom of Mt. Fuji? It's moss. You can see a lot of moss on the ground. It grows on the surface of tree roots crawling on the ground. The forest soil is made of lava. The lava soil is so hard and well-drained that trees can't collect and keep water from their roots without moss.