Japanese New Year Food List. Japan has been cooking for thousands of years. Try delicious matcha in a variety of ways!
Try delicious matcha in a variety of ways! Toshikoshi soba is traditionally eaten the night before new year's on new year's eve. Make ordinary fish cake into decorative designs on this oshogatu (japanese new year)!
In japanese households, families eat buckwheat soba noodles, or toshikoshi soba, at midnight on new year's eve to bid farewell to the year gone by and welcome the year to come.
Asian cultures feast on whole fish to celebrate lunar new year, while on the other side of the globe, europeans eat cod, herring, and carp. While there's tons of savory treats in japanese cuisine, don't forget about the sweet side! The kinds of osechi dishes prepared at japanese homes vary from region to region. Japan has been cooking for thousands of years.