Bonne annee

It is a start of 2013! Good thing about the new year's day is that there is celebrations everywhere, no religious, but universal celebrations.

I usually spend this day in Japan where people are having a rather quiet time, going to shrines to pray for the fortune.
I cooked those traditional new year feast last year in Japan:

It is put in these traditional boxes.

There are several things in boxes:

  

Prawns are symbolising long life with its figure of the bended back,  bamboo shoots symbolises a healthy growth as it is grown strait up and high, lotus roots symbolises bright future as those halls can see things from front to the other side clearly.
Most of things are symbolising something fortunate.

And served usually for a lunch on the new year's day like this, with Sake (specifically called 'Otoso' for a new year) and Ozoni (Clear soup with 'mochi' a sticky rice cake).

I will make my trip to Japan this year when cherry blossoms will be in bloom which I am longing for these years and years;)

Wish you a happy and prosperous year 2013!