Saturday, January 03, 2009

Oshougatsu

...is New Year's Day in Japan where a number of traditions and rituals are practiced to welcome the new year with lots of hope and wishes for a good one. My family of origin makes it a point to get together on New Year's Day to feast and play together.

I didn't take many pictures. I was busy savoring the flavors, nestling with family, and giving shoulder rubs. But, look at these two shots!


2 comments:

JET said...

Looks like a yummy feast. Since we had the snow storm New Year's Eve everyone stayed home that night and then on New Years Day we had lunch at Mom & Dad's. We never got around to playing cards but instead sat around the table eating & chatting.

shirley said...

Time with family (when everyone's getting along) is just peachy no matter what you end up doing and when that happens to be...