The mochi you offer to the Moon can't be just any old mochi.
What's important is the ritual, and the mochi that proves its success.
That's where it first becomes an "offering". It has meaning... it has power.
Oh, no, it's actually very simple.
Hmmm... Sounds pretty difficult.
How am I supposed to do that?
Hmm... Ah!
I get it now!
When you think of mochi offered to the Moon... what comes to mind?
The answer lies in a story I told you earlier.