Japanese New Year Mochi And Tangerine
The stacking of the pieces represents the accumulation of another year.
Japanese new year mochi and tangerine. Kagami mochi is used as a traditional japanese new year decoration. According to tradition. Kagami mochi is made from two rice cakes mochi of different sizes the smaller placed over the larger one and a daidai a japanese type of bitter orange placed.
Kagami mochi 鏡餅 mirror rice cake is a traditional japanese new year decoration. The aforementioned mochi thing with the tangerine on top is typically composed of two flat round mochi cakes shaped like kagami mirror and a tangerine. Kagami mochi 鏡餅 is a special traditional japanese decoration for the new year usually displayed inside the house in the kamidana for toshigami the god of the new year to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year.
Traditionally it was made with two mochis rice paste rounded stacked one on top of the other and above all a tangerine or japanese bitter orange called daidai 橙. It usually consists of two round mochi rice cakes the smaller placed atop the larger and a daidai a japanese bitter orange with an attached leaf on top in addition it may have a sheet of konbu and a skewer of dried persimmons under the mochi. It is usually made up of two layers of round mochi rice cake topped with a mandarin.
One of the most typical new year s ornaments that you can found in any store or supermarket with different designs and sizes is the kagamimochi 鏡餅. Kagami means mirror in japanese and it is often said that its shape resembles a bronze mirror which was considered a treasure by the ancient. It sits on a stand called a sanpō 三宝 over a sheet.
The roundness of the mochi is said to symbolize fulfillment within the family.