☆New Year's Eve☆

Hello, everyone!!
Now, New Year's Day is coming soon!!
I'm very excited!!

In Japan, people traditionally eat "年越しそば"(toshikoshi noodles) on New Year's Eve!!
We have to eat them before coming new year, because eating the noodles after the start of the new year is believed to bring bad luck.

Do you know why we eat "年越しそば"？
Because it is believed that we live a long, frugal life such as the noodles if we eat noodles!!
On the other hand, one theory is busy merchants began eating the noodles as a fast meal on the day.
The custom has begun since the middle of the Edo Era!!

Happy New Year!!

☆New Year's card☆

Hello, everyone!!

Today, I'd like to introduce traditional Japanese custom at this time!!
Do you know "年賀状"(ねんがじょう)？
It's Japanese New Year's card!!
We celebrate new year,
express our gratitude to people who are familiar with us,
and send our greetings to them on it!!

Look at this picture!!


Right hand side is face and left hand side is reverse!!
On the face, we write friend's addresses on the right side and write thier names in the middle of the card.
And also we write our addresses and names on the left hand side!!
On the reverse, we can draw pictures, write messages, post pictures of families, characters or the twelve zodiac sighns in Chinese astrology!!

This year, my family made these cards!!
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We make and post New Year's cards before coming new year,

and receive ones from friends on New Year's Day!!

I always look forward to receiving New Year's cards,

because they make me happy, and bring me up to date on what my friends are into lately!!

In addition, sometimes, New Year's cards are sent by old friends or people who we don't expected!!

Then, we are always surprised and happy!!

Do you send New year's cards to your friends??

I'm really looking forward to receiving New Year's cards!!

See you!!

Merry Christmas!!

Hi, everyone!!
How are you!?
Yesterday, my friend and I held a Christmas party!!
We ate a pizza, chickens and a CAKE!!
I ate half of a cake!!haha
I ate a lot♪(^o^)

And today, I spend with my family!!
We held a party, too!!
We made "てまきずし", in English "Temakizushi"!!
Do you know about it!?
I'm sure that you know "SUSHI".
Temakizushi is a kind of "SUSHI".
It's hand-rolled sushi!!

Now, I'm going to show you how to make "Temakizushi"!!

[Ingredient]
-SUMESHI-
・rice
・sugar
・vinegar

-TOPPING-
・toasted laver(nori)
・anything you like & everything you want to put in!!
I put in fish(sashimi), cucumber, corn, lettuce and so on.


*"SU" means "VINEGAR"!!
"MESHI" means "RICE"!!


First, let's make "SUMESHI"!!
Mix a little sugar into vinegar, and heat it a little bit!!
And put it into rice!! That's all!!

Then, you have a toasted laver,
and put rice on it,
and put anything you like!!
and roll it!!

Now, it is completion!!

It is very easy to make!!
So why don't you make it!?

I ate a lot of Temakizushi!!
I'm very full!!

I had a really good time♪


See you!!

☆Birthday Party☆

Yesterday, we held my friend's birthday party!!

We sung "Happy Birthday to you"♪

And we ate a birthday cake!!　It was soooo delicious!!

We had a really good time!!