Japanese traditional culture ~9~ Toshikoshi soba

On 31st December, Japanese people eat soba. A lot of people keep this traditional culture.
We call this soba "Toshikoshi soba".
Toshikoshi means "over the year"
Soba is one of the Japanese noodle below. Soba is buckwheat noodles.

  Soba is so long noodle. So, we eat soba, hoping we can live a long life.
When I drove outside the home today, I saw a lot of cars stopping at the
Soba restaurant. Some of you may know udon. Did you know this soba?
  In Japan, you eat soba, making a sound. It is not bad manner.


Japanese people exchange the greeting at the end of the year.
The expression is "Yoi otoshi wo! よいお年を！"
If I translate it, it's "Have a nice year!"

I started to write this blog from October. I could keep writing little by little.
This is because some of people left some comments and shared information about
the person's culture. It was so interesting for me.
Some of people gave me a mail and encourage me.
I really appreciate for these things.
Thank you for reading this blog.
Hopefully, I would like to keep writing next year as well.
Yoi otoshi wo!