Every year around December 30, my family goes back to my grandparents' house. We pound steamed rice into the dough used for rice cake. At that time, we used Usu and Kine. They are Japanese traditional tools for making rice cake. It is custom in Japan to eat Ozoni on New Year's day.
Ingredients are different from each district.
For example, in Kyoto, we eat Ozoni containing round rice cakes. It hopes that any thing is settled amicably. For Japanese people, Oshogatsu is one of the most important celebrations in a year. Next I would like to tell you about one aspect of marriage and family in Japan and the West. Among the West College students have baby-sitting as part time jobs.