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8 Thursday, December 29, 2016 Island Beat Hawaii Tribune-Herald Photos: HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald ABOVE: A group puts red bean paste inside of mochi Sunday morning during the 2015 annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding festival hosted by Akiko’s Buddhist Bed and Breakfast in Wailea. LEFT: Festival-goers watch people pound mochi. FESTIVAL DIRECTIONS • To get to the 19th annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding festival, take Highway 19 to the 15-mile marker. Park at the Hakalau Veteran Park and walk to Wailea Village. Look for the mochi signs. For more information, call organizer Akiko Masuda at 963-6422 or email msakiko@hawaii.rr.com.


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