Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Japanese rice cake

There are many traditional decoration associated with New Year. One of these decorations called Kagamimochi (鏡餅). This is an offering to the gods. It consists of two rice cakes, one on the top of another. A Japanese bitter orange with an attached leaf is placed on the top of the rice cake. This decoration is placed in the tokonoma, or alcove of the main room of the house. It is traditionally broken and eaten in 15th day of the new year.

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