Yokohama Chinatown December 31 12:17 full of people who buy Chinese style New Year dishes
On the 31st of Omisoka, Chinatown in Yokohama is full of people who buy Chinese-style New Year dishes.
There are about 600 restaurants and shops selling Chinese ingredients in Yokohama Chinatown in Naka-ku, Yokohama, and Oomisoka is full of people who celebrate the New Year with Chinese cuisine.
Among them, a long-established restaurant has a special sales corner for New Year's dishes at the front of the restaurant, and a 30,000 yen Chinese-style Osechi packed with abalone, char siu and shrimp Chile is packed in a box for those who make a reservation in advance. In addition, pot dishes using high-quality ingredients such as abalone and dried scallop were sold and families and others were buying one after another.
A 50-year-old man from Yamato City who bought Osechi said, "I have been attending for about ten years. In the new year, I will drink and drink while eating Osechi."
Also, a 40-year-old man from Asahi-ku, Yokohama, who visited with his 6-year-old daughter, said, "I will send the bought side dish to my parents' house in Yamagata. I want it. "
Mr. Hideyuki Nishizaki, the head chef at a well-established restaurant, said, "I made it with my heart. It's the first New Year in Reiwa, so I want you to spend it with the family."
In Chinatown, a year-end countdown event is held on the night of the 31st, celebrating the new year with firecrackers.