Hi, my oversea friends. Happy new year!
I was in busy days and having terrible cold and asthma.
So now, my English might be more bad than usually. Sorry. >_<


In December, Japanese are busy because ready for new years.
If you're good at Japanese culture and religions, you know there are 8million gods in Japanese traditional religion called Sinto （神道） .
The most of Japanese profess Sinto and buddhism both.
We enshrine new years Sinto gods on a household Sinto alter.
And Japanese enjoy christmas too. Because we love holidays and festivals.
So we are very busy every December. December is called "師走" in Japan, it means "Very busy season".

Japanese love end of December and early January. These days are Japanese winter holiday season.
When new years come, we go to Sinto shrine and pray for our happiness.
And then, we cook new years meal like mochi meals.
I'm wondering at why these holidays are busy for cooking!
But these meal are very delicious. ^-^

Mochi might be rare food, but very good. When you visit on Japan, I recommend Chanko-nabe because it contains mochi.


I wish you guys enjoy 2014.
今年も宜しくね！