1/02/2008

DaiDai

  
  





Happy New Year !
May the orange bring you
many children ...










The two mochi discs are variously said to symbolize the going and coming years, the human heart, "yin" and "yang", or the moon and the sun.

The "daidai 橙、代々", whose name means "generations", is said to symbolize the continuation of a family from generation to generation.

Good luck for many generations is carried by the DAIDAI color of the orange which is placed on top
of the white mochi cakes.









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Color DAIDAI 橙色 だいだいいろ
#ee7800 in the BOX above




WKD : Rice Cakes for the New Year (kagami mochi)



. WASHOKU
New Year Food and Decorations
  



. New Year Decorations (o-kazari)   



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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dear Gabi san,
> shoogatsu sousou kagami mochi arigatou gozaimasu.
> kotoshi mo misugoshite ita nippon no koto, iroiro oshiete kudasai

Sakuo

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