TheNoNamedOne
01-05-2008, 10:00 PM
Well, the first week of the new year is almost over and we are at 3 elderly people dead from choking on mochi. Like clockwork, happens every year. Usually in December I make a prediction on the numbers but forgot to this year.
Maybe when December comes around this year we can all place bets on the total number of deaths and winner(s) takes all.
Since I have been in Japan I think I have seen numbers reach the teens, but recently the mochi deaths have been much lower.
Do you think they will reach 10 by the end of the 2nd week? Maybe we shouldn't let old people eat anymore mochi. Perhaps depriving them of this aspect of their culture would be best for them. Kinda like not wanting to let elderly people drive for their own safety (and ours, too).
Mochi kills 2 in Tokyo during New Year's (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080103TDY02310.htm)
The Yomiuri Shimbun (Jan 3rd)
Two men died after choking on traditional mochi rice cake in Tokyo on Tuesday and Wednesday, prompting authorities to issue a warning for elderly people who eat the sticky New Year's treat.
The Tokyo Fire Department said Wednesday that 13 people had been taken to hospital after choking on rice cake during the two days.
and ...
76-yr-old man fatally chokes on 'mochi' at Saitama JR station+ (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TUFJH00&show_article=1&catnum=0&state=-1%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C1%7C0%7C0)
SAITAMA, Japan, Jan. 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A 76-year-old man choked to death at a railway station in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday afternoon, after choking on a "mochi" rice cake, police said.
Tomosaku Ohira, from Saitama City, abruptly fell at JR Kawagoe Station around 2:10 p.m. and was rushed to a nearby hospital after paramedics found the mochi stuck in his throat.
Terrible way to die. A kiwi almost choked me to death once. I wrote about the terrible experience here (http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=374&highlight=killed).
Maybe when December comes around this year we can all place bets on the total number of deaths and winner(s) takes all.
Since I have been in Japan I think I have seen numbers reach the teens, but recently the mochi deaths have been much lower.
Do you think they will reach 10 by the end of the 2nd week? Maybe we shouldn't let old people eat anymore mochi. Perhaps depriving them of this aspect of their culture would be best for them. Kinda like not wanting to let elderly people drive for their own safety (and ours, too).
Mochi kills 2 in Tokyo during New Year's (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080103TDY02310.htm)
The Yomiuri Shimbun (Jan 3rd)
Two men died after choking on traditional mochi rice cake in Tokyo on Tuesday and Wednesday, prompting authorities to issue a warning for elderly people who eat the sticky New Year's treat.
The Tokyo Fire Department said Wednesday that 13 people had been taken to hospital after choking on rice cake during the two days.
and ...
76-yr-old man fatally chokes on 'mochi' at Saitama JR station+ (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TUFJH00&show_article=1&catnum=0&state=-1%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C1%7C0%7C0)
SAITAMA, Japan, Jan. 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A 76-year-old man choked to death at a railway station in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday afternoon, after choking on a "mochi" rice cake, police said.
Tomosaku Ohira, from Saitama City, abruptly fell at JR Kawagoe Station around 2:10 p.m. and was rushed to a nearby hospital after paramedics found the mochi stuck in his throat.
Terrible way to die. A kiwi almost choked me to death once. I wrote about the terrible experience here (http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=374&highlight=killed).