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There are many delicious things to eat on new year s in japan all of which must be prepared ahead of time because cooking in the beginning of the new year is bad luck but mochi remains one of the most popular.
New year mochi japan. These little round cakes are even used in certain new year s decorations such as the kagami mochi. In addition it may have a sheet of konbu and a skewer of dried persimmons under. 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.
Last new year s two people reportedly died in tokyo after choking on mochi. Japan s mochi rice cakes are a new year delicacy but take the lives of several people each year. The tokyo fire department urges people to use caution when consuming the sticky food.
A very traditional new year s activity is preparing the mochi yourself on new year s day. 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 鏡餅 mirror rice cake is a traditional japanese new year decoration.
Traditionally it s been said that the long stretchy texture of the cake represents long life and wellbeing which is somewhat sadly ironic given its high fatality rate. The soft chewy morsels made of rice pounded into a sticky paste is delicious but dangerous. 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.
The most popular time for eating mochi is during the new year period which is one of the most significant holidays on the japanese calendar. Mochi a type of chewy rice cake is a classic japanese new year s food. Kagami mochi is the traditional new years house decoration made from two mochi stacked on top of each other decorated in various ways and placed on an altar.
It is believed to represent the coming and going of years and the bitter orange on top called daidai is meant to represent the generations in a family as the words are pronounced similarly.
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