Osechi Ryori is the traditional food enjoyed on New Year’s Day in Japan. The assortment of colorful dishes are packed and displayed in special stacking boxes called jubako. Every Osechi dish has a special meaning in welcoming the New Year. The Japanese celebrate the New Year Day with traditi...
Literally meaning “mirror rice cake”, Kagami mochi is a special rice cake consisting of two mochi – the smaller on top of the bigger one. It is a food dedicated to gods during the New Year. The two mochi symbolize the going and coming years, or “yin” and “yang”. David Z./Fl...
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Since it was historically taboo to cook on New Year's day, Osechi dishes are typically stewed with lots of sugar, or they are vinegared to preserve them. There's a huge variety of dishes, each one, a symbolic wish for things like long life, wealth, fertility, and happiness. The food ...
Originally there was no culture of eating cheese until about 50 years ago in Japan. In recent years, although the consumption of cheese is much less than in the…read more Seasoned Rice for Spring April 1, 2019 Steamed rice is a staple food for Japanese people, but we do not eat rice ...
Oshogatsu New Year’s Decoration: Dining Room Food stuffs make up a central element of this decoration: heads of rice and a huge sheet of dried kelp. The colored string-like elements are flax which traditionally was used to make linen in Japan. ...
Japanese Food Sushi Kita, TRX KL: Traditional Edomae-style Sushi Omakase September 17, 2024bysummerkid_summergirl Sushi Kita in Seibu TRX, a new sushi omakase restaurant that serves traditional Edomae-style sushi. The team is headed by Chef Haruka Hokune, who brings over […]...
The food might not be Tokyo quality, and the karaoke (the popular Sing-Sing) might not be the best price around, but it does feel like a New York version of Japan. And who knows, 日本語で話しかけたら誰か答えてもらうかもしれない! Posted in Japanese Culture NYC, Japanese Food | ...
food had meaning and if eaten, would bring good things to us in the New Year. I almost forgot about this tradition, given I’ve only been eating the foods that I like for many years now, yet, remembering this compelled me to Google osechi-ryori to research the meaning of each food ...
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