A new year's dishes




Hi, folks! what's up?
How was your Christmas day?

I think lots of people were having dinner and exchanging each others presents, right?

Well, I bet it was great day (￣∀￣)


So... after Christmas season, a new year's season is coming soon as you know.

Many people will celebrate, and having some a great cuisine.
Here, in Japan is also have a great and traditional cuisine.

It is “Osechi” one of the new year's dishes in Japanese
btw... have you ever seen(or heard) a Japanese new year's dishes?


Osechi are easily recognizable by their special boxes called Jūbako, which resemble bentō boxes. Like bentō boxes, Jūbako are often kept stacked before and after use.


The dishes that make up osechi each have a special meaning celebrating the New Year.

Some examples are: Kuro-mame(Black soy beans), Kazunoko(herring roe), Tazukuri(dried sardines cooked in soy sauce), Konbumaki(a kind of seaweed roll), Kuri-kinton(Mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts), and Datemaki(sweet rolled omelet mixed with fish paste or mashed shrimp) etc......


I'm guessing you don't know, what is meaning of there Osechi materials, so l'd like to explain about them.


Let's check it.


Kuro-mame(Black soy beans)


Black color means, it can protect from a illness by the faith of China, and to bring perennial youth and long life.

Mame (soy beans) also means "health," symbolizing a wish for health in the New Year


Kazunoko(herring roe)

Kazu means "number" and ko means "child." It symbolizes a wish to be gifted with numerous children in the New Year.


Tazukuri(dried sardines cooked in soy sauce)

The literal meaning of the Kanji in tazukuri is "rice paddy maker," as the fish were used historically to fertilize rice fields. The symbolism is of an abundant harvest.


Konbumaki(a kind of seaweed roll)

It is associated with the word yorokobu, meaning "joy."


Kuri-kinton(Mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts)

It means a golden lump, and it symbolizes a lucky fortune food which bring business prosperity and luck with money.


Datemaki(sweet rolled omelet mixed with fish paste or mashed shrimp)

They symbolize a wish for many auspicious days. On auspicious days (hare-no-hi), Japanese people traditionally wear fine clothing as a part of enjoying themselves. According to history of Osechi, one of the meanings associated with the second Kanji includes "fashionability," derived from the illustrious dress of the samurai from Date-Han( current place of Iwate prefecture and Miyagi prefecture［Tohoku region〕)



Furthermore, there are many kinds of material in osechi cuisine, so...maybe you will be confusion about those meanings(I know it's obviously complicated meanings) (￣∀￣;)

However, there are proper meaning and the reasons of those materials, I think you will enjoy to know it.


If you want to know more, here is the other page.

Osechi - Japanese New Year's cuisine

Of all the annual holidays in Japan, the New Year (o-shogatsu) is often spoken of as the 'most Japanese' of celebrations. With a history reaching back a thousand years, the traditional New Year's celebration is sprinkled with symbolism, and that symbolism is particularly evident in typical New Year's food.

Bento.com

Osechi is so great cuisine, and I hope you will like it !


Okay, that's enough for today!

Thank you seeing my blog, and have a great holiday!

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