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Oshogatsu 2021

Yokan art

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Published: Jan. 1, 2021 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025
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Every year on New Year’s Day, my sister cuts the pink and green yokan into shapes using my mother’s vegetable flower shape cutters and then hand-cutting and scoring leaves and other shapes. This year, in celebration of the Dodger’s 2020 World Series Championship win, she made carved their “LA” logo.

I think it was her best ever!
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New Year’s Day yokan decorated by June Magsaysay, including the Dodger’s “LA” logo in celebration of their 2020 World Series Championship win.

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Oshogatsu 2021
In this most unusual year, Russ & I welcomed the new year at home, but “together” with my parents & Omoto cousins virtually via Zoom. We spent New Year’s Day at my parent’s house with ozoni and shabu shabu.
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