
Like
2008, we spent New Year's Day 2009 in Japan. It was a time spent with relatives, and taking care of my niece. Isn't she cute?

As usual, we also had
osechi (
御節料理) on New Year's Day, as per Japanese tradition. This is traditional Japanese food, usually prepared the day before, composing of boiled/steamed food, preserved food and dried food. The reason? So that the housewife working throughout the year can take a break on New Year's Day (she prepares the food beforehand).
And dinner was wonderful again, with the remaining
osechi items from lunch, as well as fried chicken aka
kara-age (から揚げ).

And the view from my in-laws' living room is great! You can see
Mount Fuji clearly from the living room.

All the great food over the festive season had me putting on weight... I was about 65kg before I went to Japan.

To end off this entry, here's a shot of Mount Fuji at sunset.
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