Branches of hydrangea, rape blossom, and carnation. It’s coldest season for a year in Japan, so we want to feel coming spring from flower arrangements. Today, I learned narcissus arrangement in Ikebana class. I ’m longing for spring…
On 15th January I removed shimenawa and chopped kagamiochi. It was the last event of a set of events to celebrate the new year. In some areas of Japan they call 15 (in other areas 7) days of the new year matsu-no-uchi which means days people put kado-matsu at a gate or a door of a … [Read more…]
Yesterday I made zouni for breakfast. We have zouni for a breakfast on New Year’s Day in Japan using mochi(rice cake) which we made near the end of last year.(→mochitsuki) Zouni is soup with mochi(rice cake), its ingridients and seasoning vary from region to region and home to home. I made zouni with Japanese white … [Read more…]
In Japan from January 1st to 3rd are days of New year and many people enjoy holidays having osechi(special food for New Year’s Day) and Japanese sake with their family and relatives in those days. In Japan 15 days from January 1st are called “matsu-no-uchi” and we hold some events for those days. Today, … [Read more…]
Japanese apricot blossom, Pine tree, yellow chrysanthemum, red fruits of chloranthus glaber Makino. Japanese people like those flowers as plants for celebration. Especially Japanese apricot(Ume) and pine tree. Ume blooms in very early spring when we can’t see other flowers. Pine tree has evergreen leaves which has been symbol of virtue in Japan. Adding bamboo, … [Read more…]