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Articles tagged #Seasonal — Page 4

  • culture/ Feb 1, 2026

    Beans and Demons

    Every February, adults throw roasted soybeans at invisible demons and eat sushi rolls in silence facing southeast

    Roasted soybeans scattered across a dark wooden floor with a red demon mask resting in the corner.
  • culture/ Dec 31, 2025

    Stacked Wishes

    Osechi-ryori and the edible symbolism of Japanese New Year - why we eat black beans for diligence and herring roe for fertility

    Lacquered tiered boxes filled with colourful New Year foods sit on a wooden table beside a sake flask and garden view.
  • culture/ Dec 18, 2025

    Kentucky for Christmas

    How a 1974 marketing campaign became a national ritual - and what the queues say about how Japan makes meaning

    A Colonel Sanders statue in a Santa suit stands outside a brightly lit KFC decorated for Christmas on a wet street.