I hope you all enjoyed the New Year’s celebrations and had time to relax. This was a very quiet New Year’s for us here and decided to make all the foods that I enjoyed while growing up in Japan. It has been a long time since I was in Japan during the New Year and I really miss it… I made some foods that my mother would usually prepare and attempted a few new ones of my own.  I really respect all the hard work that goes into preparing this type of food and give great big thanks to those who do!

Everything came out pretty well and the great company made it even better.

We invited a few of our close friends over to share the day with.

I look to this year with great hope and will do my best to maintain a balance with all that life has in store…  My best to all of you!

Yukiko