I wanna show you some new-year things in Tottori in Japan.
It is Zenzai.
I cannot feel it as "new year" without it.
The white object in the middle is mochi that is sometimes called rice cake.
It's common to eat mochi to cerebrate new year anywhere in Japan,
but the flavor and sauces are different.
It depends on the food culture in each region.
In my home region, Tottori Prefecture, Zenzai is a typical new year food.
It's said that it came from the traditional offering to gods gathering to the shrine in my home region.
Mochi, the important material in Zenzai, people usually buy it.
Of course I bought it in New York City.
Thank gods it's big international metropolis!!
There're some Japanese food supermarkets in the city.
However, our family usually make "Mochi" every year.
It may be very rare to make mochi at home because we need time, power and space to make it.
Here is shots from my family"s mochi making.
Our mochis are round shaped.
The ones in Tokyo are square shaped.
It doesn't matter if it's round or square?
Ummm, it could be kind of a part of identity.
If you see people who would say mochi is round, it's south westerners.
A people who say mochi is square, they're easterners.
It is Zenzai.
I cannot feel it as "new year" without it.
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| zenzai |
The soup is red beans sweet soup.
It's common to eat mochi to cerebrate new year anywhere in Japan,
but the flavor and sauces are different.
It depends on the food culture in each region.
In my home region, Tottori Prefecture, Zenzai is a typical new year food.
It's said that it came from the traditional offering to gods gathering to the shrine in my home region.
Mochi, the important material in Zenzai, people usually buy it.
Of course I bought it in New York City.
Thank gods it's big international metropolis!!
There're some Japanese food supermarkets in the city.
However, our family usually make "Mochi" every year.
It may be very rare to make mochi at home because we need time, power and space to make it.
Here is shots from my family"s mochi making.
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| Mochi tsuki |
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| Mochi tsuki |
The ones in Tokyo are square shaped.
It doesn't matter if it's round or square?
Ummm, it could be kind of a part of identity.
If you see people who would say mochi is round, it's south westerners.
A people who say mochi is square, they're easterners.
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