Kagami Mochi Japanese New Year Decorations
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Kagami mochi japanese new year decorations. We got this new year s decoration kagami mochi from our friend in japan in this summer. Kagami means mirror in japanese and it is often said that its shape resembles a bronze mirror which was considered a treasure by the ancient japanese. A quick guide to kagami mochi the traditional japanese new year decorative cake amélie geeraert december 9 2020 during the end of the year and new year s holidays in japan you can see two donut shaped objects with a mandarin on top of it.
And people started using kagami mochi as a decoration on the floor in muromachi era 室町時代 1336 1573 when the japanese architect style changed and had tokonoma alcove 床の間 in the houses. Kagami mochi 鏡餅 is a special traditional japanese decoration for the new year usually displayed inside the house in the kamidana for toshigami the god of the new year to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. 320 213 piksel.
Have you heard of the traditional japanese ceremony called kagami biraki 鏡開き to finish off the japanese new year celebrations kagami biraki is usually held on january 11. It is said that this particular mochi contains the toshikami a new year s spirit that will visit you to bring good luck into the new year. In addition it may have a sheet of konbu and a skewer of dried persimmons under.
800 533 piksel. She was decorating it in her house since last new year. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes mochi of different sizes the smaller placed over the larger one and a daidai a japanese type of bitter orange placed on top.
Women used to put this in front of their mirror and 2. Japanese people will usually have more mochis in their homes and place these at very visible places around their homes for decoration. The kagami mochi tradition stems from the muromachi period of japan the years between 1336 1573 in japan s history and is used to welcome the new year.
Kagami mochi are a traditional japanese new years decoration that consist of two mochi with a japanese daidai fruit on top. Kagami means mirror in japanese and the origin of this word is said to come from 1. Kagami mochi is used as a traditional japanese new year s decoration.