I don't ever remember seeing mochi with the ice-cream in it in Japan.

I`m fairly certain they`re talking about these: http://www.lotte.co.jp/products/catalogue/ice/03.html
As they`re marketed as mochi ice cream outside of Japan.

They`re quite common, and sold pretty much everywhere.

That has to be it! I'm headed to the supermarket to look for that right now!

I had a job in Japan where I saw what many people died from. Choking on Mochi was a big surprise to me. I'm afraid to eat it now.:eek:

I was thinking the exact thing.
So are we talking about rice cakes or... ?

K here it is:

In america at numerious japanese restaurants that I've been to, they have this ice cream labled as "mochi ice cream". It was ice cream packed inside of a soft dough.

When I moved to Japan I was looking around forever for it, but no one knows what "mochi ice cream" is.

Nyororin posted a link to what it actually is called here. That's probably what the OP was talking about.

Hmm, I wanted to bring this topic back for a quick minute.

I went and tried Mikawaya mochi, and although the strawberry was good, the dough was quite gooey and very powdery. Is it suppose to be powdery?