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Now we're in 2012. Some of you may know, the Japanese biggest annual
event is New Year's Day. We celebrate the beginning of the year with
special dishes and new year parties, like westerners celebrate Christmas
Day.
The photo is an "osechi" plate which contains traditional
items for new year celebration. I made these. Traditionally we use "jyuu-bako",
literally means "piled boxes", but this kind of hors
d'oeuvre style plate is also popular recently. In addition to those
dishes, we prepare many luxurious foods and drinks, visit shrines, watch
special TV programs during New Year holiday, while many people enjoy
traveling, skiing or some other things outside.
The following photo is "nerikiri" which is made of soybean
paste called "an" or "anko" and those are
shaped like flowers or birds. Aren't they beautiful? "Nerikiri"
is not only for New Year's day, but as those are a little bit expensive
for daily life, those are rather for special events.
I'm now enjoying lazy New Year holiday with eating, sleeping, watching
videos after demanding "oosouji", means "cleaning house
totally". (We customarily do it at the end of a year to celebrate New
Year's Day and it's not an easy work.) Spending New Year holiday this
way is called "ne-shougatsu" means "sleeping away lazily".
(laugh)
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