Happy New Year! For Japanese Americans this is one of the most important days of the year. There are many traditions we follow and special foods we eat.In my family, we have a tradition of eating a special soup before we eat anything else on New Year's day. The soup is called Ozoni. There are different varieties. This is a fish stock soup with mizuna (green vegetable) and omochi (white rice cake). At the Japanese American church my sister goes to they have Mochitsuki in December - an event where the omochi is made. Toasted omochi with shoyu (soy sauce) and sugar is also delicious. Sometimes though, we will just microwave the omochi. We drink the soup to have good luck in the New Year.
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