bobby okamura: we're in 110th year of operation. started by our grandfather back in 1906 and it continued on to our--my dad and--mom that got the all the--many years. and now me and my brother are third generations to take over. so it's 100--110 years december 2016. ke took us back to the kitchen for a peek at their morning routine. bobby: previous night, we sold the rice, the sweet rice. and the following morning, we loaded up close to 8 pounds of rice to the wooden containers that steam for possibly 30 to 40 minutes to cook. and after it's cooked, we have a--we put it in our mochi machine--that time--for probably 3 to 4 minutes. and after it's in the machine and eventually, it forms into one big ball and then we cool it off from the machine to our table, our prep table. then from there, it's formed into whatever mochi that we were making for that day, whether it be something like this-- or komochi, which is sold for our customers usually 10 to 14 pieces to a pound. mike: now, while benkyodo mix moche jai all nese size resembling k

thank you for having me okamura as the title of your book suggests you've written about an american boy your son bring to a chinese school in shanghai that's right you just told a story about show show how common is his story across china incredibly common and what i felt what struck me most about that story is she said she wants him to be happy yet he is taking 12 hours of study a day including weekends and so what happens there is you can't get off the treadmill that is education in china it's very difficult to feel like you're not going to fall off the ladder if you don't do this but is it just because of not wanting to fall off the ladder or is it is that an end goal or what is this old building up to shore so you know in the west generally speaking education is about developing and the digital right it doesn't feel like a race to achieve in china if you think about education as a sorting mechanism in other words you don't advance to the next level unless you pass the test so that is what's in the back of every parent's mind is if i don't prepare my child for that test and he doesn'