Making the crackers is a time consuming process ... Church members tossed the crackers in the coating. After the senbei are coated, the crackers must be dried in one of large ovens at the church.

“Eating senbei makes you younger,” said Marc Takeshita, as he helped roll and cut dough for the rice crackers. Church members make the crispy, salty and sweet crackers for the annual fundraise ...

There are several senbei shops in Sōka where visitors can try rice-cracker making themselves. One in the historic part of the city near the old highway and Ayase River is Shimeya, which first ...