< Monday, December 27th > Preparation For The Shogatsu(The New Year) Try to click. You can see all photos at once,like a slide show. (Click any button on any page to stop.) This picture is the Tsukiji Market crowded with people to buy Osechi-ryori in Chuo-ku,Tokyo. Osechi-ryori is the festive food eaten at the New Year's and usually arranged artfully in a three-layer set of lacquer boxes. People serve each dishes with their wishes for the health, prosperity of posterity, a good harvest and wealth. Kamaboko Datemaki (a fish omelet rolled up and cut into thick slices) Otoshidama Customers go to Top page