January 2022
discussion
We are now in talks with a manufacturer of interior design in Canada.The product is a clock with a light.
cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
We welcome the gods to stay in our house during the new year.We offer "Kagami Mochi" to the god.It is believed that the god stays in the "Kagami Mochi" during the new year. At the end of the new year, we eat the "Kagami Mochi", which is believed to have the god's spirit exists to wish good health and happiness of the family. "Kagami Mochi" is big and hard so we need to cut it into small pieces before eating. We call this event, the way of cutting and eating, "Kagami Biraki" We eat it as Sweet red-bean soup with mochi、Soup with rice cake.
Happy New Year!
I'd like to talk about the eye-catching image in this article.In Japan, there is something called the Chinese zodiac.The Chinese zodiac, also known as the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, is based on twelve different animals.The year 2022 will be the third, the tiger.These 12 animals are closely related to the time of day and the direction of the year.Japanese people are very familiar with the 12 animals. The white thing under the tiger is a food called "mochi".I will talk about mochi in the next article. In today's Japan, many old customs are disappearing.I hope that as many of these customs as possible will remain.