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| | Japanese New Year - definition of Japanese New Year in Encyclopedia |
 | | Some of the popular foods included in osechi are miso soup with mochi (sticky rice cakes) and vegetables (ozōni), sweetly boiled seaweed wrapped tuna fish (kobumaki), jellied fish paste (kamaboko), mashed sweet potato with marron (kurikinton) and sweetened black beans (kuromame). | | | The Japanese New Year is a traditional festival which has been celebrated for centuries and has its own unique customs. | | | Today, sashimi and sushi are often eaten, as well as food like pizza, fried chicken, and ice cream. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Japanese%20New%20Year
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| | Japanese New Year |
| | On New Year's eve, toshikoshi soba (buckwheat noodles), symbolizing longevity, are served. | | | Years are traditionally viewed as completely separate, with each new year providing a fresh start. | | | Various kinds of special dishes are served during shogatsu. |
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http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2064.html
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| | Japanese New Year |
| | New Year's foods were traditionally made to last, utilizing pickled, hard and salty items that would not go bad over the lengthy holiday. | | | On the eleventh day of the year, this mochi would be removed, broken into pieces by hand, then cooked and eaten in various ways, either with sweet beans (shiruko) or in a miso soup called o-zoni. | | | On the practical side, as New Year's was supposed to be a time of rest and celebration, preparations had to be made to insure that there was enough food made to last through the holiday. |
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http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese-new-year.asp
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| | New Year's in Japan |
| | Another popular New Year's food with a regional flavor is the New Year's soup known as ozoni. | | | This soup is usually eaten on New Year's Day, making it more of a family-oriented dish. | | | The noodles are called toshikoshi soba (buckwheat noodles for passing the year) and are eaten at a buckwheat noodle shop (sobaya) or at home. |
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http://tanutech.com/japan/newyear.html
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| | Japanese New Year - New Year in Japan |
| | People celebrate the New Year with sweet sake called Toso, a soup called Zoni and Osechi-ryori during the holiday. | | | Since the New Year is the biggest event in Japan, people celebrate the Eve as well. | | | Shogatsu is the celebration of the New Year and is the most important holiday in Japan. |
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http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/new_year.html
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| | Festivals & Holidays |
| | On Jan. 15, or Small New Year, azuki-qayu (gruel cooked with red beans) is eaten to drive away evil spirit and illness for the coming year. | | | This is eaten either grilled on a brazier or in a soup, known as Ozoni. | | | Vegetable dishes are also popular during the New Year holiday, partly because they are easy to prepare and easy to store. |
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http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/27.html
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| | Osechi - Japanese New Year's cuisine - bento.com |
| | Osechi - Japanese New Year's cuisine - bento.com | | | Of all the annual holidays in Japan, the New Year (o-shogatsu) is often spoken of as the "most Japanese" of celebrations. | | | With a history reaching back a thousand years, the traditional New Year's celebration is sprinkled with symbolism, and that symbolism is particularly evident in typical New Year's food. |
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| | new year's in japan, new year bells in japan, new year cards, new year allowance, otoshidama, new year foods, osechi, ... |
| | In Japan, toshikoshi soba (year-bridging noodle), made from buckwheat flour, is a must on new Year's Eve. | | | In recent years, the significance of New Year's has been lost a lot and now many people spend the holiday, which starts around Dec. 30 and ends around Jan. 3, in resort areas or even in foreign countries. | | | It is estimated that every year from the first of Jan to the third, a total of over eighty million people (that's two thirds of the whole population!!!) pay hatsumode visits. |
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http://www.jun-gifts.com/others/culturalcalendar4/culturalcalendar4.htm
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| | New Year's Celebration in Japan - TOPICS Online Magazine |
| | The traditional Japanese New Year celebration is being celebrated less and gradually becoming simpler like everything is changing over the generations, but it is still dear to us. | | | We pour a little of this sake into traditional Japanese ceramic cups, then drink it in the order of age in the family. | | | I think I can say that our New Year celebration begins on December 31st because we enjoy talking, watching TV, and eating soba which is a Japanese noodle eaten that night. |
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http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/japan/newyear-japan.htm
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| | Japanese New Year |
| | Before New Year, people have a lot of tasks to do if they want to celebrate traditional New Year. | | | Females prepare Osechi foods sufficient for New Year first three days so that no cooking is necessary these three days. | | | The shuttle called as hane is made from a kind of nut and beautiful feather of birds. |
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http://www.watanabesato.co.jp/jpculture/newyear/newyear.html
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| | New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses by Deni Bown,Herb Society of America,Deni Brown - 078948031X |
| | The HSA New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses responds to the widespread interest in herbs today and the ways in which they have been used since ancient times. | | | The Herb Society of America's New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses is the most comprehensive illustrated encyclopedia of herbs yet produced. | | | With a fresh, new A-Z format for easy reference, it lists the culinary and medicinal properties of each herb alongside all the information you need to cultivate herbs in your own garden. |
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http://www.cambiumgardening.com/books/herbs/078948031X
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| | Myth*ingLinks: Lunar New Year 2005 - 2006 - Year of the Wood Rooster |
| | New Year's Eve: People place straw scoopers, rakes or sieves on their doors and walls to protect their families from evil spirits in the new year.... | | | However, the new moon time is at 14:28 of 8-Feb-05 in the US Pacific Standard Time and also at 17:28 of 8-Feb-05 in the US Eastern Standard Time, so the Chinese New Year day is on February 8th, 2005 for USA time zones.... | | | He advanced the New Year celebrations by two months, establishing a tradition that people still follow- celebrating Losar on the first day of the eleventh month of every year.... |
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http://www.mythinglinks.org/LunarNewYear2000.html
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| | AsianWeek.com: National News: Japanese New Year’s Tradition Resumes |
| | The New Year’s ritual of pounding steamed rice into a tasty dough largely died out in the community — and in the rest of the state — when the immigrants returned from the camps. | | | After the rice soaks in water overnight, it is placed in wooden crates, which are stacked on top of tins of boiling water. | | | Easily digestible, it is also supposed to refresh the spirit — thus its place on the New Year’s menu. |
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http://www.asianweek.com/2002_01_11/news_mochi.html
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| | Introduction to the Japanese New Year - "Oshogatsu" - jReference: General culture, language, and basic ... |
| | Once the house is clean, a lot of cooking is done to prepare for the traditional New Year's meals. | | | Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve Toshi-koshi soba, which literally translates to "Across the Years Noodles", are served in houses and temples across Japan just before midnight and eaten as the New Year occurs. | | | As you'll see this time of the year is full of tradition ranging from ceremonial to culinary. |
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http://www.gate39.com/jreference/oshogatsu.aspx
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| | Sierra Star - Proudly Serving Madera County Since 1957 |
| | Within the Japanese tradition, the New Year is symbolic of "firsts" giving a sense of renewal, a time of fresh starts. | | | Here in Oakhurst, a traditional Japanese New Year celebration called Shogatsu is being offered by Yoko Savage, owner of the Kyoto Kafe. | | | The evening includes a traditional Japanese box meal and will be followed by entertainment. |
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http://www.sierrastar.com/features/story/11659878p-12388564c.html
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| | Holiday Customs |
| | During the New Year's meal it is traditional to eat a piece of fruit dipped in honey to make sure that the new year will be full of sweet things. | | | A favorite New Year's food is the sticky rice cake called banh chung which must be cooked for at least eight hours. | | | Rituals and Legends of the Chinese New Year |
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| | Japanese Festivals |
| | For the first meal of the new year my host family and I had mochi (rice cakes) and sake (rice wine). | | | A special altar, known as toshidana ("year shelf"), is piled high with kagamimochi (flat, round rice cakes), sake (rice wine), persimmons, and other foods in honor of the toshigami. | | | Koshogatsu means literally "Small New Year" and starts with the first full moon of the year (around Januaray 15th). |
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http://www.taisei.ac.jp/tghs/students/marie/festivals.html
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| | Spotlight - Shogatsu - Japanese New Year |
| | Because of this, the New Year's holidays are for the Japanese people the most important of all annual celebrations. | | | The purpose of the visits was to pray for a rich harvest and the safety of the family and home during the year ahead. | | | When all the otoshidama are put together, they may amount to several tens of thousands of yen. |
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http://www.embjapan.dk/Spotlight2/Shogatsu.htm
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| | Colorado College news release: Japanese New Year's |
| | Everyone in attendance will help pound the special rice in a wooden mortar, and all will be able to taste the rice cakes, which are seasoned with soy sauce, powdered soybean, and ginger. | | | Taking place in Japan on New Year's, Mochitsuki (rice pounding) is the process of pounding special glutinous rice in a wooden mortar using a wooden mallet. | | | The pounded rice is then formed into rice cakes for consumption throughout the year. |
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http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Publications/NewsReleases/JanFeb2001/JapaneseNewYear.html
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| | BLACK MOON - Japanese New Year |
| | With all of the ritual observances and celebrations that focus on purification, longevity, prosperity, and happiness... | | | Special decorations and foods are set out, and by January 7th the festivities come to an end. | | | Lovely kimono clad women distributed hundreds of small servings of the delicious rice wine to the expectant crowd, who finally raised their tiny cups with a collective shout of kampai (Cheers). |
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| | Takeshi Asai's Japanese Newsletter - New Yearfs Traditions |
| | Without exception, the first breakfast of the New Year consists of Zoni or O-zoni (see the recipe below), a soup with mochi (rice cake) in it. | | | Following the purification of onefs memory, office, home, and finances, all Shogatsu decorations--Kadomatsu (bamboo decorations hung at entrances) and Shimenawa (a spray of pine and other traditional items)--must be displayed, and all special Shogatsu dishes called Osechi Ryori must be completely prepared. | | | Each family has its own traditional recipe, usually passed from one generation to the next. |
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http://www.takeshiasai.com/writing/newyear.html
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| | New Year Celebrations Around the World |
| | In the United States we celebrate the New Year on the first day of January but not all New Year celebrations take place on the same day or in the same way! | | | Most New Year celebrations focus on family and friends. | | | (Remember, several countries may celebrate the New Year at the same time.) During your presentation, you may want to include music, costumes, literature or stories, language phrases or vocabulary, related crafts or activities, charts or displays, multimedia products, decorations, and/or traditional foods and recipes. |
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http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/Jerrie/WebQuest/Kathie/NewYear.html
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| | Japan |
| | The most important and most celebrated part of the holiday season in Japan is New Year's day, known as O-Shogatsu. | | | Then everyone gets involved rolling small mochi balls which are eaten with different kinds of sweet or salty sauces and toppings. | | | When the house is clean and decorated, then everybody gets busy preparing New Year's food. |
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http://www.zuzu.org/japan.html
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| | Festival toasts Japanese new year: South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| | But they also can be selfish, terribly stubborn and eccentric. | | | At Oshogatsu, guests can participate in omikuji, Japanese fortune telling, and other traditional customs such as mochitsuki, pounding rice to make rice cakes. | | | New Year's Eve in America conjures up images of champagne popping and boisterous festivities at the stroke of midnight, but in Japan it's a time for reflection. |
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-db06newyearjan06,0,3923371.story?coll=sfl-news-palmcomm
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| | Japanese New Year WebQuest |
| | In Japan, you will find that New Year's celebration is one of most important and biggest event!! | | | Last revised Fri Oct 24 21:45:30 US/Pacific 2003 | | | Glossary - All Japanese New Year's Vocaburary are here! |
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http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webjapaneseik.html
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| | Japanese New Year |
| | On New Year's eve, soba noodles (buckwheat) are eaten to symbolize long life are eaten. | | | Fun Foods for a Japanese New Year Party include: | | | New Year's day should be full of joy and free of stress and anger and no work is done on this day. |
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http://www.kidspartyfun.com/pages/themes/japanesenewyear.html
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| | Japanese New Year |
| | In Japan, years are traditionally seen as completely separate from each other and the new year as a fresh start. | | | This means that in December all the duties should be completed and the new year prepared. | | | New Year (Shogatsu) is the most important holiday in Japan. |
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| | National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies |
| | A variety of sizes and shapes are found in each region. | | | (paddle): A wooden paddle used in hanetsuki, which is a traditional game played during the New Year holidays. | | | In others, the doll has no eyes at all. |
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| | Japanese New Year's decorations |
| | large kanji characters say Respectfully Celebrate New Year. | | | "The plantings on either side of the door are kadomatsu--New Year's arrangements. | | | Displays and Decorations Japan Special Days of the Year |
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| | Ashland Daily Tidings :: Online Newspaper Edition - Your Community News Source Since 1876. |
| | Japan was primarily agricultural until 1853, and many of the folk customs and traditions which shape the Japanese national character grew from the rice paddies that nourished them. | | | These Namahage Monsters help shape the Japanese character by teaching children diligence and respect for education, but there is one tangible evidence of their sojourn in Akita Prefecture. | | | But they have returned once a year ever since. |
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| | BLACK MOON - Setsubun, Japanese New Year. |
| | Setsubun is an ancient celebration based upon Japan's old Lunar calendar, when the first day of Spring at the end of winter was considered the start of the New Year. | | | It is thought that eating the number of beans corresponding to one's age will assure good health and luck for the New Year. | | | Setsubun is still observed today in modern Japan, both quitely at home and in large public festivals where evil spirits are banished and good fortune prayed for. |
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| | PhotoRecord FREE Art Packs: Japanese New Year |
| | Celebrate Japanese New Year by using this artwork to decorate your New Year Photos and Albums. | | | Installation of the Art Pack into PhotoRecord will then take place automatically. | | | Now just start (restart) your copy of PhotoRecord and begin using your new artwork! |
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| | Japanese New Year Resources |
| | The Society also sells a video on symbols of good fortune in flying or roosting configurations. | | | Learn what kids play during the Japanese New Year. | | | This is a wonderful resource on Japanese culture. |
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http://www.familyculture.com/holidays/japan_new_year_resources.htm
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