Japanese Traditions & Traditional Foods

Traditions using food

New Years Day Festival

• Jan 1
• oioso
• ozoni
• soba noodles

New Year Food

• osechi-ryori
• Packed in boxes
• made of lacquer
• called Jubako

Jubako Contains

• Kobumaki
• Simmered kombu rolls
• Kuromame
• simmered black soy beans

Jubako Contains

• kurikinton
• mashed sweet potato with sweet chestnuts
• Tazukuri
• candied,dried sardines

The Tea Ceremony

Preparing the Tea

• tea master cleans the utensils
• the tea master puts tea powder into the caddy
• hot water is added and whisked into the powder

Serving the Tea

• the tea is poured in a bowl
• the guest gives a polite greeting to the master
• the guest goes back to there seat
• the guest drinks the tea
• the guest starts a polite conversation about the bowl

More common foods with traditions

Traditional Foods

• rice
• tea
• sea food
• sushi
• Udon noodles 

Sushi

• small piece of raw seafood
• on a ball of vinegared rice

Rice

• needs wetlands
• Japan is wet
• very easy to get

Sea Food

• Japan-archipelago 
• = a bunch of water
• = more seafood

Foods That Go With Traditions

• Tempura
• Sushi
• Sashimi
• Udon noodles
• Soba noodles

Tempura

• deep fried in vegetable oil
• coated with eggs,water,wheat flour
• made with prawns,fish,& vegetables

Sashimi

• sliced raw fish
• eaten with soy sauce

Soba noodles

• buckwheat flour
• Tradition-new years

Udon Noodles

• wheat flour 
• in broth
• or sauce
• Any time

How Foods are Eaten

Anytime

• Chopsticks
• Shamoji-rice spoon
• Hangiri-rice bowl
• Chopstick rest

Chopsticks

• wood
• plastic
• bamboo
• stainless steal

Chopstick Rests

• table ware
• dirty chopsticks off the table
• rolling on the floor

Shamoji

• rice spoon
• bamboo & plastic
• stir & serve
• metal rarely used
• dipped in water

Hangiri

• rice bowl
• traditional
• wooden tub

How foods are eaten

Utensils

• Mizusashi-adjust water temp
• Chawan-teabowl
• Chasaku-tea scoop
• Chasen-whisk-bamboo
• Chakin-small piece of cloth

Utensils

• Kama-boil water
• Sensu-japanese fan
• Fukasa-silk tea cloth
• Kofukusa-cloth-floor
• Kaishi- white paper sweets &mouths

Bibliography

• Heiman,Sarah. "Japan ABC's."
• Japan Guide,www.Japan-guide.com Dec2014
• About Food,Japanesefood.about.com Dec2014
• You Tube,"Japanese Tea Ceremony,"www.Youtube.com Dec2014
• Japan National Tourism,www.jinto.go.jp Dec2014

Bibliography

• Wikipedia,www.en.wikipedia.org Dec 2014
• All about sushi guide,www.allaboutsushiguide.comDec2014

Questions

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