We do it for the love of our community (100% volunteer run)

If you would like to volunteer to help make mochi on the second Saturdays (5:30am-7:30am),

please contact us at konkospirit@live.com. Thank you!

Bachan’s Mochi available 2nd Saturdays each month*

By 10am @ Uwajimaya, or East-siders pre-order one week ahead for pick up at church.

Plain ko-mochi, sweet anko-filled mochi, sweet anko wrapped ohagi, and red-bean rice seikihan, yum!

(*No 2nd Sat mochi in January or August)

Mochi beginnings at Konko Church

Konko Church currently makes fresh mochi labeled "Bachan's Mochi" once a month as a fundraiser. How did it all start? Raised in Nagasaki by a grandmother who ran an oden cart and made gigantic ohagi and a grandfather who made traditional sweets, Michie Sensei watched and learned the trades. After coming to America, making Okagami and anko mochi for church services, Hiroshi's Anzen asked her to make them for their store. Teaching the church members, her children and grandchildren, every piece is cut and molded by hand, including the Okagami mochi. After Anzen closed, we offered our mochi to Uwajimaya, who asked for our label and name. Since we didn't have one, we brainstormed many names: mochi mochi, Konko mochi, happy mochi, etc. Then hearing Bachan (grandma) mumble, "...but it's My mochi," "Bachan's mochi" was born!

As making mochi is labor and time intensive, it is not the ideal fundraiser. So much so that if it was not 100% volunteer made like it is, we would be in the red. However, sharing happiness and serving our community has always been part of our mission, so we continue on. This is also why we joined the Mochitsuki New Year festival to provide free mochi samples over 20 years ago. Gave out over 3,000 samples in Jan 2020! We hope to be able to see everyone's smiling faces again soon!