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.
Christmas Pudding vs. Stollen
I made Christmas pudding and Stolen this year and guess which one everybody liked better.
The Great Conjunction Dinner
On the Great Conjunction day, we had fermented foods, stewed food, steamed food, and raw food, with plenty of veggies and beans.
The Great Conjunction Day
On the Great Conjunction Day, I planted seeds, went Nordic walking, and communed with natural elements in the forest.