Is the Age of Air a Japanese Phenomenon?
The age of air has been talked about in Japan a lot but not so much in the West. I wonder why.
Oshiruko on the Day of Kagami Biraki
Kagami Biraki is an event of eating Kagami Mochi at the end of the New Year, and we usually do it on January 11th. Kagami Mochi is two-round piled up rice cakes, and we decorate them in our house during the new year holiday to welcome the god of new year.
January 10th is a Day for Ebisu, a God of Business Prosperity
In Japan, especially in Western Japan, January 10th is a special day. It is a day for a god called Ebisu. It is a god of business prosperity.
What If You Don’t Have Time to Plan Your Weekly or Monthly Menus?
What can you do if you don’t have time to plan your diet?
How to Plan Your Ikigai Diet for 2021
Today, I will share with you how to plan for your health in 2021.
Fermented Brown Rice Nanakusagayu
Nanakusagayu is salt taste rice porridge made by what we call spring seven wild herbs. It is supposed to cleanse our stomach which has been filled with heavy meals during the new year’s holiday. If we have Nanakusagayu for breakfast on the 7th, we are said to have good health for the rest of the year.
Relaxing is a Way to Go in the Age of Air
What did I do to welcome the new year instead of visiting a shrine?
Hatsumode, the First Visit to a Shinto Shrine in the New Year
We did Hatsumode, visiting a shrine on the 4th this year.
Joya no Kane, the New Year’s Eve Bell
In Japan, we have a tradition called Joya no Kane which means the New Year’s Eve Bell. The bells are rung 108 times at Buddhist temples throughout the country.
