お節料理 Osechi ryori, colorful food in lacquer boxes, is a traditional cuisine, which is eaten in the first three days of the new year. Its origins can be traced back to about 400 years ago. It started as simple food to serve the god of the Shinto shrines and to wish for a peaceful year. It…
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Osechi Ryori at Depachika おせち料理
Osechi ryori is food made to eat the first days of the New Year. The photo above is of osechi ryori I made two years ago (I made most of it, I am still not confident to make kuromame). Here is a list of just some of the popular items in osechi ryori: Kazunoko (herring roe)…
Osechi Ryori – Japanese New Year’s Day Cuisine おせち料理
Homemade osechi ryori I made this osechi ryori set the first year I was married for my Japanese husband’s family. It took about a week in total (not all day but using parts of each day) of menu planning, shopping, and assembling each dish. Only the kamaboko and black beans were purchased. Top left box: datémaki…
Food Sake Tokyo 