At the end of year, my family usually makes rice cake and gives a rice cake called kagami-mochi(鏡餅). It is a traditional New Year's decorations to ancestors as a gift. And we place it on kamidana(神棚) which is a type of miniature shrine. My family also puts it on tokonoma(床の間) which is a small decorated alcove in the main room of the home around Dec. 28. This is because "8" is a tranditional number in Japan. After some weeks, we break and eat kagami-mochi. This event is called kagami-biraki(鏡開き). The picture is kagami-mochi.In Japan, almost all Japanese people eat rice cake(もち) in the New Year. We have various kind of way to eat. For example, oshiruko(お汁粉) is a dish which is some rice cakes into sweet adzuki beans(小豆) soup. Ozouni(お雑煮) contains rice cakes in the Japanese taste soup. Ankoromochi(あんころもち) is covered azuki beans. Isobeyaki(磯辺焼き) is a baked rice cake rolled laver(海苔). We enjoy eating as we like and I really love oshiruko. If you come to Japan, please try them.
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