Happy New Year! I woke up feeling refreshed after watching the first sunrise of the year over Lake Sanaru, saw a magnificent double Mt. Fuji on TV, and drew a "Great Luck" fortune slip – a very auspicious start to the year!.
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We welcomed New Year's Day 2020 with auspicious homemade Osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) and Ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with Kokuryu sake!
As we welcomed the New Year, our family enjoyed a celebratory feast, lovingly prepared by Keiko, the mother of our friends, sisters Ayako and Nanako Shimizu (Nanako Matsui), along with our own homemade ozoni (rice cake soup) and nigiri sushi, accompanied by fine sake...
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元旦は縁起物の御手製おせち料理と御雑煮で迎え新政酒造の限定酒にて乾杯！
新年を迎えた我が家の食卓では、友人の松井綾子・鴨藤 菜奈子 (Nanako Matsui)姉妹のお母様・計子さんが丹精込めて作ってくださった御節料理と我が家の御雑煮を楽しみながら、銘酒と共に乾杯！ 御節料理は、日本の懐石...
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Happy New Year! First day of the year! Let's toast with sake while enjoying a celebratory meal of auspicious foods at home!
"Osechi ryori" refers to celebratory dishes eaten during the New Year! "Osechi" is an abbreviation of "osechiku," and it's a blend of dishes eaten at the beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest, samurai celebratory meals, and commoner dishes to celebrate the New Year. Furthermore, during the first three days of the New Year...
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正月料理の定番「おせち料理」それぞれの食材に願いを込めていただく縁起物
「おせち料理」とは、正月に食べるお祝いの料理。 「おせち」とは「お節供（おせちく）」の略で、年の始めにその年の豊作を祈って食べる料理や武家の祝い膳、 新年を祝う庶民の料理などが混ざり合って出来たものです。 さらに、正月三...
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