tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post7541372571908737423..comments2023-12-02T00:51:59.514-08:00Comments on Miss Mochi's Adventures: O.C. Buddhist Church Obon 2013!Miss Mochihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12886058479812666785noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-52039768729207667952018-05-24T08:54:42.509-07:002018-05-24T08:54:42.509-07:00I have not attended their regular services. I reco...I have not attended their regular services. I recommend reaching out to them directly. However, the majority of Japanese Americans these days are mixed race and so a lot of the younger generations may have Caucasian partners and mixed children, so you may not be as out of place as you think.Miss Mochihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886058479812666785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-89246932048513408132018-05-22T12:58:33.964-07:002018-05-22T12:58:33.964-07:00I have been thinking of attending the Orange Count...I have been thinking of attending the Orange County Buddhist Church but have been hesitant due to the fact that I'm white and I'm most of the photos I've seen, the people attending have been Asian and I'm afraid I won't be accepted there. Do you know how accepting people are at that church and if they would be okay with me attending? I really would like to attend but I'm not sure how exclusive it is and I don't want to feel like people don't want me there. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-12698274312646728642013-08-25T12:02:15.869-07:002013-08-25T12:02:15.869-07:00Thanks for the correction :) Thanks for the correction :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040266210585048929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-88699528912488127662013-08-21T19:22:19.390-07:002013-08-21T19:22:19.390-07:00Actually, Okinawan Dango and Sata Andagi are the s...Actually, Okinawan Dango and Sata Andagi are the same thing. They are also called Okinawan Doughnuts, or just andagi (which is the most common in Hawaii). <br /><br />Sata Andagi is actually what they are called in Okinawan dialect, Okinawan Dangos are what Japanese Americans call them here in Southern California.<br /><br />Absolutely, they are not rice-based like most dango are. The naming "dango" just refers to the round shape.<br /><br />Here's an article from a Japanese American whose family originated from Okinawa for reference:<br /><br />http://www.foodlibrarian.com/2007/12/my-peoples-okinawan-dangos.htmlMiss Mochihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886058479812666785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-61038274496871401202013-08-21T17:38:24.676-07:002013-08-21T17:38:24.676-07:00Hi Miss Mochi,
thanks for posting all the recipe...Hi Miss Mochi, <br /><br />thanks for posting all the recipes that you do - I grew up in Hawaii, I am part Hawaiian and part Japanese and part a bunch of other things, so they really hit home for me now that I live on the east coast. I recently visited Japan, and ever since I got back I've been hungrily visiting your site ;)<br /><br />One comment I had to make on this post is that I don't think the treat you had was Okinawan dango. In hawaii, we have delicious pastries that look exactly like the ones you showed - they are called andagi and are a flour based donut, not a rice based treat. Here is a recipe: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/08/31/features/story1.html<br /><br />I've used that recipe a bunch - when I go back to Hawaii to visit my family I make andagi and lumpia for them since my mom doesn't like to fry.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />joshAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040266210585048929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-21033991338140190072013-07-12T20:53:29.419-07:002013-07-12T20:53:29.419-07:00You are such a sweetheart thank you! And yeah, one...You are such a sweetheart thank you! And yeah, one of things I think my grandmother enjoyed the most about the Obon festivities is that it had definitely changed, but a lot of the sentiment and joy behind it had stayed the same.Miss Mochihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886058479812666785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-40418066846559722912013-07-12T17:54:04.105-07:002013-07-12T17:54:04.105-07:00An amazing post--you have such writing talent and ...An amazing post--you have such writing talent and a sense of traditions surviving and changing in the context of our richly contradictory America...brava!Bentobirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03608484496354584828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-24177936958973297792013-07-02T23:40:56.372-07:002013-07-02T23:40:56.372-07:00I didn't know that! I looked him up, according...I didn't know that! I looked him up, according to Go For Broke he served in both the 100th and 442nd. He's on the monument at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.Miss Mochihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886058479812666785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102984962751316984.post-59106254567058979542013-07-02T22:53:03.422-07:002013-07-02T22:53:03.422-07:00Craig Tanihara's father was in the 442nd infan...Craig Tanihara's father was in the 442nd infantry.<br />Very lovely description of the celebrationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com