December 2014
Wailea Village Mochi Pounding
Sunday, December 28: Wailea Village Mochi Pounding. Celebrate making traditional rice cakes the "old-fashioned" way. Everyone takes their turn at pounding the glutinous sticky rice for good luck. Hearty local style lunch for $5. New Years crafts, calligraphy & floral arrangements, plantation stories, Okinawan taiko drumming, Hawaiian entertainment & more. Akiko's Buddhist Bed & Breakfast, 29-2091 Old Mamalahoa Hwy., Hakalau. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information call (808) 963-6422 or visit www.akikosbnb.com.
Find out more »December 2016
Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding
Friday, December 30: Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding. Celebrate making traditional rice cakes the "old-fashioned" way. Everyone takes their turn at pounding the glutinous sticky rice for good luck. Hearty local style lunch available to purchase. New Year’s crafts, calligraphy & floral arrangements, plantation stories, Okinawan taiko drumming, Hawaiian entertainment & more. Akiko’s Buddhist Bed & Breakfast, 29-2091 Old Mamalahoa Hwy. (Hwy 19 - 15 mile marker), Hakalau. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information call (808) 963-6422.
Find out more »December 2017
Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding
Saturday, December 30: Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding. Celebrate making traditional rice cakes the “old-fashioned” way. Everyone takes their turn at pounding the glutinous sticky rice for good luck. Hearty local style lunch available to purchase for $5. New Year’s crafts, food vendors, fortune telling, massage, I Ching readings, floral arrangements, plantation stories, Okinawan taiko drumming, Hawaiian entertainment & more. Akiko’s Buddhist Bed & Breakfast, 29-2091 Old Mamalahoa Hwy. (Hwy 19 - 15 mile marker), Hakalau. 8 a.m. to 2…
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Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding
Saturday, December 29: Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding. Celebrate making traditional rice cakes the “old-fashioned” way. Everyone takes their turn at pounding the glutinous sticky rice for good luck. Hearty local style lunch available to purchase for $5. New Year’s crafts, food vendors, Okinawan taiko drumming, Hawaiian entertainment & more. Akiko’s Buddhist Bed & Breakfast, 29-2091 Old Mamalahoa Hwy. (Hwy 19 - 15 mile marker), Hakalau. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; fire building begins at 7 a.m. For information call…
Find out more »December 2019
Wailea Village Mochi Pounding (22nd Annual)
December 28, 2019: Wailea Village Mochi Pounding (22nd Annual). Akiko's over the years has become synonymous with MOCHI POUNDING. This will be our 22nd year. Started with 23 people, mostly neighbors, and now it has become a popular community and public event. This past year we had between 600-700 folks visit our wee village to participate in mochi pounding and other activities. Come and join the fun on Saturday, Dec. 28th, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. making traditional rice…
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