We had a new year party at my sister-in-law's home with niece and her fiance.
OTOSO (the picture left above) and OZONI (the picture right above) are typical food and drink for the new year ceremonial day. OTOSO is somehow ritual drink made from rice wine with herbal medicine.
Tastes and ingredients of OZONI are different regionally, so each family has own OZONI recipe.
The picture above shows OSECHI boxes. There are variety of foods. Interestingly, they are all preservable, so that house wives can be supposed not to be busy with cooking all the day.
Typical ceremonial food for celebration in Japan is a Red Snapper or a Spiny Lobster. Unfortunately, we are not able to get a red snapper and a spiny lobster is very expensive, then, we had a taraba crab this year.
You can find the article explaining the hidden meaning behind Osechi Boxes in URL below.
http://savvytokyo.com/osechi-ryori-hidden-meanings-behind-japanese-new-year-food/
You can find the article explaining the hidden meaning behind Osechi Boxes in URL below.
http://savvytokyo.com/osechi-ryori-hidden-meanings-behind-japanese-new-year-food/
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