I quite like cooking festive meals.
Although it is obvious, festive food is only cooked once a year.
You can't afford to miss out on this one-time opportunity,
I feel very lonely.

Between the year that is passing and the year that is coming,
While making each of the festive dishes,
Many things go through my mind.

What was good.
Disappointments.
Sadness.
Then, planning next year's trip and,
A number of things to do.

Such things are jumbled together,
The thin skin of a number of seedlings in front of him is being removed silently and carefully.
At the end of a hectic year,
Such time is very pleasant.

I didn't make many festive dishes this year.
I couldn't think straight for some reason,
I couldn't think of a menu to put together,
The arrangements are not in place,
Nevertheless, the days passed.

Make only what you want to eat, simply.
Buy what can be done with ready-made products.
Without putting too much pressure on yourself,
We decided to do only what we could.

What we made this year,

chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
black soy bean
herring roe
red and white radish sprouts
tilling a rice field
Salmon cooked with sake lees
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)