Boiled fish paste, fish omelet, black soybeans, and my favorite mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts! かまぼこに伊達巻、黒豆に私の大好きな栗きんとん♪

A few dishes from Osechi along with Japanese sake! 御節の中からいくつかをピックアップ。日本酒と一緒にお祝いします！

A sashimi parade! お刺身が一杯～！ My family has been cooking this vegetable for generations. 代々引き継がれている煮物です On the left is Tazukuri, small dried sardines cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar. On the right, octopus marinated in vinegar and sugar. Special cooked vegetables with a special flavor inherited from long long time ago... もう一品、同じ味付けで毎年作られる煮物です

Sunomono is made with sliced carrots and radish with sweetened vinegar. にんじんと大根に甘めのお酢を絡めて鮭の頭の切り身を縁起担ぎにのせます. Kazunoko is herring roe flavored with soy sauce, sweet sake, sugar and bouillon. お醤油・みりん・お酒・砂糖とだしの素で味付けした数の子です. This dish, called Hagatame, means New Year's feast. The chestnuts and dried persimmons, along with the sake, are the first food you eat on New Year's Day. They symbolize bountiful food in the new year. 元旦にまず口に入れるものが歯固めの栗と干し柿と日本酒。食べ物に困らないように今年もきっと守ってくれますね。 Ozouni is also a main New Year's dish. Ingredients and flavors differ depending on which part of Japan you are from. My home's ozoni is very simple, made with mochi (rice cake), sliced radish, salmon, tofu and konnyaku, and mainly flavored with soy sauce. 新潟スタイルのお雑煮です。とってもシンプルでお餅と大根と鮭とお豆腐とこんにゃくをお醤油ベースで味付け。 The sunrise on New Year's Day! 初日の出！ Praying to Mt. Fuji!! The Japanese are known to pray to the sunrise on New Year's Day, a practice called Hatsuhinode. I couldn't wake up early enough but went outside a little later to wish for everyone's happiness with Mt. Fuji. 富士山にお願い事をします! 新しい年の抱負を初日の出を拝むという風習もありますよね。やっぱり早く起きれず家の中から拝みましたが、その後富士山も見えるところで皆さんに沢山の幸 せが訪れることをお祈りしました。今年もオープニングセレモニーを宜しくお願いいたします！