[Happy New Year] I respectfully extend my New Year's greetings. I hope you all are enjoying a refreshing start to the new year. Thank you very much for your support last year. May this be a year befitting the Year of the Snake, which brings good fortune...
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[Happy New Year] We pray for the safety of all those who have suffered immense damage from the earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, registering a maximum intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. We are deeply grateful for your continued support of the web magazine lade throughout the past year...
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[Happy New Year] I respectfully extend my New Year's greetings. I hope you all are enjoying a refreshing start to the new year. Thank you very much for your support last year. This year, too, our family will be flying... in a manner befitting the Year of the Rabbit...
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"Osechi ryori" refers to celebratory dishes eaten during the New Year. "Osechi" is an abbreviation of "osechiku," and it is a mixture of dishes eaten at the beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest, celebratory meals of samurai families, and dishes of commoners celebrating the New Year. Furthermore, during the first three days of the New Year...
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