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Hi everyone, we hope you are doing well and excited about the holidays! When I lived in the United States, I saw Christmas was celebrated by going to church and having a Christmas dinner with family. New Year's on the other hand was celebrated more with friends and couples. It is quite opposite in Japan.  Christmas Eve is celebrated more with romantic dates and going out with friends than with family gatherings. Let's talk about new years in Japan. New Year's is one of Japan's biggest holidays. It is officially celebrated from January 1st through the 3rd, but the new...

REPOST video from last year! because I like this video so much and it's almost that time of the season again! It is said that in Japan we used to eat Mochi (rice cake) for special occasions and celebrations all year round. Nowadays it seems like we don't eat it as often but Mochitsuki (rice cake pounding) event has an especially important role in New Year celebrations. According to traditional beliefs, Mochi is imbued with divine energy. We usually ship our products within a week and it takes about 10 days to pretty much everywhere in the world. (not to...

Shichi-Go-San (seven-five-three) is a traditional Japanese celebration for the healthy growth of young children of 3 and 7-year-old girls and 5-year-old boys (though in some families 3-year-old boys also) held annually on November 15th.  On this day, children make their debut at the local shrine wearing traditional Japanese clothes (Hakama and Kimono) and participate in a Shinto purification ceremony to pray for long and happy life, marking their passage into middle childhood. This year, we celebrated our 5-year-old son's Shichi-Go-San. It was a bit early but we wanted to avoid the crowd and take our family photos at the beach...