Introducing Japanese Traditional New Years Food OSECHI ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR STEEMIANS ~

Happy New Year steemians!
I hope you did not have too much to drink to celebrate this special year 2018.
Today I would like to introduce you japanese traditional way to celebrate new year.
In Japan, celebrating for new year is the biggest holiday.
So many people who are not religious goes to temple and shrine to pray.
It is like Christmas in The U.S.A. People get together, eat festive food and some people goes to church.

For new year, we focus on food a lot, so today I will show you many pictures of the traditional food called OSECHI.
As a Japanese, I am proud to share my culture! I hope you like it!

This is called osechi, there are many different types for food in these little boxes.
You track them up and become one cube box, you separate them to display before you eat.
This is for 6 servings.

Each food food has meaning to eat them, for example, black beans are wishing for good health, seaweed is for happiness, eggs for goof income..etc

White and red color combinations are festive color in Japan, so we use this colors for our traditional wedding and ceremonies.

This chinese character is "kotobuki", it means congratulations & long life.

My mom makes this egg custard dish called CHAWANMUSHI every time we have festive occasion.
It has lily root on the bottom of the pudding.
It has very delicate sweet flavor which I really love.

This is called Kuchitori, made of bean paste and they are sweets.

Just before turn to new year, we eat soba noodles.
It is called "TOSHIKOSHI SOBA".
This is one of our important tradition.

We count for new year and sleep, then in the morning we make rice cakes from scratch.
My mother makes soup with some vegetibles and minced fish.
This is called "OZOUNI".

Then we eat these sweet black beans and vegetable and meat mixed UMANI.
We have to prepare them a day or 2 days ahead of time so they can observe the flavors and we can eat them on right time :)

At night we got beautiful Oysters, my father's friend gave us for new year.

We are what we eat, eating something festive and healthy for special occasion with family is so precious.
2018 is just started, yet I already have so many things to be thankful for.

My sister @saori and my corgi wore japanese traditional kimono dress for new year.

This year's zodiac is dog!
I used this picture for my new years card :)

皆さん明けましておめでとうございます⛩✨
今年もよろしくお願いします！
おせちを食べて、母がうま煮、鯨汁、茶碗蒸しを作って黒豆を炊いて、父がお餅をついて楽しいお正月を家族みんなで過ごしています
新年早々感謝することばかりで幸せな気持ちでいっぱいです( ´∀｀)
今年は戌年なのでこのコロの写真を年賀状用に撮影しました✨
それでは楽しいお正月を過ごしてくださいね〜♬

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