Workers prepare sets of kagamimochi, decorative glutinous rice cakes, made to celebrate the New Year. Okurayama Aoyagi, a long-established seller of Japanese confectioneries in Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, ...
Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls for chicken and vegetables simmered in broth.
Dorayaki is a delicious Japanese dessert made of two small, round, pancake-like patties (made from castella cake batter) that sandwich a filling of sweet azuki bean paste. It's a favorite treat for ...
This is mochi, or rice cake, formed into a round shape to represent a mirror (kagami), one of the three sacred treasures, and displayed at New Year as an offering to the New Year gods (toshigami).