We had a very nice New Years Day with everyone coming around for breakfast and lunch. I just ate endlessly... Yummy - mum's rice cake dishes, Osechi (special Japanese bento boxs for NYD) and more.
Osechi is normally prepared on the previous day so that you don't need to do any cooking on NYD. And everything in it should keep for up to 3 days. Each dish has a special meaning to it, for example, healthy living, long life etc. If you are interested you can read more about it here.
I think the tradition is changing now (in my family anyway). My parents used to made our own Osechi ourselves but now mum orders a gourmet one from a fancy restaurant. They are not cheap tho, these sets we got were almost $200 SIN!
My cousin Kenji and his family came over from Wakayama. We had 10 adults and 9 kids!! it was a FULL house!
Ashley looked so cute in her New Year outfit :)
The rest of the day was quite relaxing, the kids played together outside and us adults sat on the sofa and had a few more drinks. Such a great family gathering, I loved it!
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