I had a relatively quite new year this year. I visited my parents and my husband's family as usual, went to a sale at a department store, and that's all. I didn't go to any shrines or temples because these places are generally very crowded.
This is a traditional Japanese cuisine called Osechi. In general, Japanese families eat Osechi for a few days in the new year, typically 1-3 January but can be shorter. The idea is that we prepare all the food for the new year on the night before, 31 December, so we don't have to cook during the new year. We put the food into lovely Osechi boxes. Each family has its own style and preference. My mother prepared the Osechi in this photo and it is more or less very similar every year at my home.
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