Happy New Year’s Eve everybody!
As the end of year approaches, I want to tell you about one Japanese tradition that happens on only New Year’s Eve. How many of you have eaten noodles on very late night of New Year’s Eve? In fact, it is so late that it’s almost New Year’s Day.
In Japan, people commonly eat ‘toshikoshi soba’ or 'year-crossing buckwheat noodles' on the night of New Year’s Eve. But, why do they want to eat noodles after finishing often a big dinner to celebrate the end of the year? According to several sources, this tradition dates back to Edo period; people at that time believed that by eating buckwheat noodles, which is comparatively easy to cut while eating, at the end of the year, they can also cut out negative energy (that which brings calamity and disaster) and prevent it from flowing into the next year.
This tradition lives strong even today and it is said that more than 50 percent of Japanese still eat ‘toshikoshi soba’ on New Year’s Eve.
Now you know about this, hope you get a chance to eat soba noodles before 2016.
With Halal certified Mentsuyu produced by marujyu, a long-established soy sauce maker in Yamagata, Tohoku, you can make ‘toshikoshi soba’ on your own!
You don't feel like eating noodles at late night? Trust me, late night soba tastes really good.
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