According to news paper Yomiuri, during the New Year of 2015, 9 people were somothered to die by Japanese traditional food Mochi. Besides, 13 persons suffered cardiopulmonary arrest. Mochi is made from rice and its mouthfeel is like a gummy candy. Since it's so sticey and difficult to crunch enough to pass throurgh trachea, it clogs the trachea so often. So every New Year, elder people die of it.
Needless to say, it's as dengerous as poisnous food but Japanese still eat it because it's a custom. Every year, the Japanese government alterts people to be careful about it, but in vain.
In the following video, you can see how to make mochi and how they eat it.
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