This traditional Japanese soup includes mochi and chicken and is a soothing way to start the new year. Traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day, ozoni is a Japanese soup made with mochi, vegetables, and ...

I grew up in a big, busy city called Mito, north of Tokyo. The week before New Year’s, my mother would prepare osechi ryori, assorted cold dishes for sharing with relatives and friends dropping by to ...

Japan's version of Christmas and Hanukkah is called Oshogatsu which is celebrated on the first day of the New Year. During Oshogatsu, kids receive colorful envelopes filled with money from family ...

Good luck if you’ve waited until the last minute to buy the ingredients for your New Year’s Day good-luck soup. That would be ozoni, the nutritious hot concoction that will be served over sticky rice ...

In America Turkey is to Thanksgiving as Ozoni Soup is to New Year's Day in Japan. We have a tradition making Ozoni soup on New Year's morning. This is the first meal of the day. In Japan, eating this ...

Every New Year's Day, the author makes Ozoni, a warming Japanese New Year's soup. I grew up in a big, busy city called Mito, north of Tokyo. The week before New Year’s, my mother would prepare osechi ...