I payed a visit to a temple on New Year's Day with my family. I draw a fortune slip and the very good luck fell upon me!(photo) After that, I visited to a friend. He lives by himself, and good at cooking. He entertain some friends and me at his house for Osechi. Osechi are specially-prepared New Year’s dishes to be eaten during the first three days of January. Most dishes are cooked in order to be preserved for at least three days so women don’t have to cook during that period. Various kinds of beautifully-prepared dishes are set in four-tiered lacquer boxes. Each of the dishes has some auspicious meaning which reflects people’s wishes. For example, kazunoko, herring roe, represents fertility, kuromame, cooked black beans, are for health (mame means healthy), and lobsters are for longevity because their bodies are bent like an old man’s.
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