newyear
They’re pretty, they’re delicious and they’re symbolic. With Christmas now behind us, you can see the whole of Japan getting ready for New Year’s, and that involves taking out the kotatsu(table and blanket over an electric heater), securing the omochi (pounded rice cakes) and getting ready to cook osechi ryori — Japan’s traditional food served during the New Year’s holidays. While we see it everywhere, how much do we actually know about osechi? Osechi ryori, said to have begunin the Heian era (from 794), is a set of small, traditional dishes served in beautiful three- or four-layered lacquer b...
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Got something you don't need in your life? Old boxes, makeup, clothes? Relationships? It's time to put all that behind you. With the New Year quickly approaching, there are plenty of things going on. Surely, you are running off your feet and likely leaving your home in disarray. But, one important aspect of New Year’s in Japan is called oosoji (大掃除) or “a big cleanup.” Oosoji is essentially a massive house cleaning done at the end of the year in order to purify the home, get rid of any lingering trash or useless items, and overall let the Japanese ring in the new year in clean surroundings. Du...
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