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Osechi

Traditional Japanese New-Year Foods

Osechi dishes (New Year dishes) are eaten at New Year’s to celebrate the new year. The food is offered to the Toshigami (gods of the New Year) who are present in each household at New Year’s, and is eaten after the year is over as a blessing from the gods. The ingredients and menu items used in Osechi are filled with wishes for a bountiful harvest, good health, and the prosperity of offspring. Osechi are also filled in layered boxes, which are meant to “bring happiness over and over again.

\ Limited to 15 Servings /
$400 | Including food, 18K gold 3-tiered box, and furoshiki wrapping
2023 Osechi Special Main
Overall View

26 items of traditional Japanese new-year foods

Osechi_3 tiered box
3 Tiered Box

Traditional 3 tiered bento box
decorated with 18k-gold leaf

Osechi_Furoshiki Wrapping
Furoshiki Wrapping

The art of Japanese fabric wrapping is prized

Osechi

Traditional Japanese New-Year Foods

Osechi dishes (New Year dishes) are eaten at New Year’s to celebrate the new year. The food is offered to the Toshigami (gods of the New Year) who are present in each household at New Year’s, and is eaten after the year is over as a blessing from the gods. The ingredients and menu items used in Osechi are filled with wishes for a bountiful harvest, good health, and the prosperity of offspring. Osechi are also filled in layered boxes, which are meant to “bring happiness over and over again.

\ Limited to 15 Servings /
$400 | Including food, 18K gold 3-tiered box, and furoshiki wrapping
2023 Osechi Special Main
Overall View

26 items of traditional Japanese new-year foods

Osechi_3 tiered box
3 Tiered Box

Traditional 3 tiered bento box decorated with 18k-gold leaf

Osechi_Furoshiki Wrapping
Furoshiki Wrapping

The art of Japanese fabric wrapping is prized

2023 JIN Original Osechi

The best ingredients, packed with our wishes to you.
2023 JIN Original Osechi 1-3 Image_Tier 1-rev
First Tier
  • Temarifu
  • Herring roe
  • Braised abalone
  • Salmon kelp roll
  • Picked lotus root
  • Fried scallop with egg yolk
  • Daikon and carrot salad with
  • persimmon
2023 JIn Original Osechi Ichi
Second Tier
  • Rolled omelet
  • Candied kimquat
  • Beef burdock roll
  • Simmered carrots
  • Matcha otafuku beans
  • Red and white fish cake
  • Grilled sawara yuan style
  • Tanba-sweet black soybeans
  • Dried persimmon with cheese
2023 JIN Original Osechi 1-3 Image_Tier 3-rev
Third Tier
  • Temarifu
  • Smoked duck
  • Braised shrimp
  • Pickled turnips
  • Sweet fried sardines
  • Simmered Konnyaku
  • Baked taro with miso
  • Sweet chestnut paste
  • Matcha otafuku beans
  • Grilled chicken and tofu ball
  • Simmered shiitake mushrooms
  • Chicken roll marinated
  • balsamic vinegar
2023 JIn Original Osechi San

2023 JIN Original Osechi

The best ingredients, packed with our wishes to you.
First Tier
  • Temarifu
  • Herring roe
  • Braised abalone
  • Salmon kelp roll
  • Picked lotus root
  • Fried scallop with egg yolk
  • Daikon and carrot salad with
  • persimmon
2023 JIN Original Osechi 1-3 Image_Tier 1-rev
Second Tier
  • Rolled omelet
  • Candied kimquat
  • Beef burdock roll
  • Simmered carrots
  • Matcha otafuku beans
  • Red and white fish cake
  • Grilled sawara yuan style
  • Tanba-sweet black soybeans
  • Dried persimmon with cheese
Third Tier
  • Temarifu
  • Smoked duck
  • Braised shrimp
  • Pickled turnips
  • Sweet fried sardines
  • Simmered Konnyaku
  • Baked taro with miso
  • Sweet chestnut paste
  • Matcha otafuku beans
  • Grilled chicken and tofu ball
  • Simmered shiitake mushrooms
  • Chicken roll marinated
  • balsamic vinegar
2023 JIN Original Osechi 1-3 Image_Tier 3-rev
Special Osechi in 18K Gold Box
$400.00
Order: Now Available
Pick-up Time: 12/31 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Pick-up Location: Lagu Café
\ Limited to 15 Servings /
Special Osech
in 18K Gold Box
26 Items for $400.00
Order: Now Available
Pick-up Time: 12/31 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Pick-up Location: Lagu Café
\ Limited to 15 Servings /

History & Hidden Facts

New Year's blessing has been going on for a thousand years.
History of Osechi

Osechi is one of the foods with a history of more than 1,000 years, from 794 to 1185 during the Heian period. In the beginning, food was offered to the gods at the beginning of each new season. The most important offerings were made during the New Year’s Sekku (harvest festival). The upper classes also participated in this fertility feast, which came to be known as Osechi. In the Edo period (1603-1867), this feast was eaten in more and more households. Today, it is practiced every year in almost every household. Osechi boxes are meant to “pile up” the happiness and good fortune of the year.

Hidden Facts_3.2
Hidden Facts_2
Meaning of Osechi

The ingredients and menu items used in Osechi ryori are filled with wishes for a bountiful harvest, good health, and the prosperity of offspring. Osechi dishes are also made in tiered boxes, which are meant to “bring happiness to the people”. Most Osechi dishes have three to five tiers. Some say that five-tiered or four-tiered boxes are more formal, but these days the three-tiered boxes are more compact. It is also decided which tier is to be filled with what kind of food.

Osechi Meaning_Shrimp

Shrimp

As Kanji’s character for “shrimp” is written “海老(Sea, aged ones)”, the long whiskers and curvature of the shrimp’s body are compared to that of an old man, and it has long been considered a symbol of longevity. Therefore, it is used as an ingredient in Osechi dishes with the wish that one will live a long and healthy life in the new year, until one’s waist bends.

Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Ebi Umani
Osechi Meaning_Datemaki

Rolled Omelet

Datemaki (Rolled Omelet) is a dish made from egg and hanpen as main ingredients. It is a good-luck item to wish for “increased wisdom” because of its gorgeous appearance and its shape, which resembles a scroll like a book. Some say that the word “date,” meaning gaudy or fashionable, was used for this dish because of its bright color, meaning a fancy omelet.

Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Datemaki_2
Osechi Meaning_Kuromame

Black Soybeans

The meaning of kuromame (black soybeans) is “to wish for vigor, strength, and a healthy life. The word “mame” in the Osechi dish of black soybeans has the meaning of vigor, strength, and health. The word “mame” in Osechi cuisine means “vigor,” “strength,” and “health.” It has also been an indispensable part of Osechi cuisine since ancient times because of its association with the words work hard and live hard.

Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Kuromame

Red and White Fish Cake

The color red is to ward off evil, and the color white means purity. It is also said to be reminiscent of the first sunrise of the new year, as the semi-circular shape of the fish cake when cut into pieces reminds people of the sunrise. It has long been used as a substitute for raw fish, which cannot be preserved for long periods of time, and its gorgeous red and white coloring adds a beautiful touch to Osechi.

Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Kamaboko

History & Hidden Facts

New Year's blessing has been going on for a thousand years.
History of Osechi

Osechi is one of the foods with a history of more than 1,000 years, from 794 to 1185 during the Heian period. In the beginning, food was offered to the gods at the beginning of each new season. The most important offerings were made during the New Year’s Sekku (harvest festival). The upper classes also participated in this fertility feast, which came to be known as Osechi. In the Edo period (1603-1867), this feast was eaten in more and more households. Today, it is practiced every year in almost every household. Osechi boxes are meant to “pile up” the happiness and good fortune of the year.

Meaning of Osechi

The ingredients and menu items used in Osechi ryori are filled with wishes for a bountiful harvest, good health, and the prosperity of offspring. Osechi dishes are also made in tiered boxes, which are meant to “bring happiness to the people”. Most Osechi dishes have three to five tiers. Some say that five-tiered or four-tiered boxes are more formal, but these days the three-tiered boxes are more compact. It is also decided which tier is to be filled with what kind of food.

Osechi Meaning_Shrimp
Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Ebi Umani

Shrimp

As Kanji’s character for “shrimp” is written “海老(Sea, aged ones)”, the long whiskers and curvature of the shrimp’s body are compared to that of an old man, and it has long been considered a symbol of longevity. Therefore, it is used as an ingredient in Osechi dishes with the wish that one will live a long and healthy life in the new year, until one’s waist bends.

Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Datemaki_2
Osechi Meaning_Datemaki

Rolled Omelet

Datemaki (Rolled Omelet) is a dish made from egg and hanpen as main ingredients. It is a good-luck item to wish for “increased wisdom” because of its gorgeous appearance and its shape, which resembles a scroll like a book. Some say that the word “date,” meaning gaudy or fashionable, was used for this dish because of its bright color, meaning a fancy omelet.

Osechi Meaning_Kuromame
Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Kuromame

Black Soybeans

The meaning of kuromame (black soybeans) is “to wish for vigor, strength, and a healthy life. The word “mame” in the Osechi dish of black soybeans has the meaning of vigor, strength, and health. The word “mame” in Osechi cuisine means “vigor,” “strength,” and “health.” It has also been an indispensable part of Osechi cuisine since ancient times because of its association with the words work hard and live hard.

Osechi Meaning-Kanji_Kamaboko

Red and White Fish Cake

The color red is to ward off evil, and the color white means purity. It is also said to be reminiscent of the first sunrise of the new year, as the semi-circular shape of the fish cake when cut into pieces reminds people of the sunrise. It has long been used as a substitute for raw fish, which cannot be preserved for long periods of time, and its gorgeous red and white coloring adds a beautiful touch to Osechi.

3 Tiered Oju Box

String of Happiness in Layers
1.History

Oju is an indispensable container for New Year’s osechi dishes. The moment you open the lid, you can’t help but feel a thrill of excitement. It is said that the use of Oju for Osechi dishes is also a wish for “a string of happiness”. Oju is a symbol of good luck.

Jyu-bako (stacked boxes) were already in use in the Muromachi period (1333-1573). Initially, they were used as a type of tea utensil. In the Edo period (1603-1867), luxurious lacquered stacked boxes began to be made and used as a kind of lunch box with handles. From the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period (1868-1912), it became common to pack New Year’s dishes in stacked boxes, and this custom has continued to the present day.

2.Uses

Oju are indispensable for Osechi cuisine, but it may be a bit of a waste to use them only during the New Year’s holiday.

Oju is a container that can be used in everyday life as well. It can be enjoyed as a lunch box for sports events, cherry blossom viewing, and picnics, filled with onigiri (rice balls) and side dishes. You can stylishly serve hors d’oeuvres and enjoy them with wine, or place sweets in a fashionable manner and they will be appreciated as a teatime presentation for entertaining.

The fun part of oju is that each time you open it, you will see a succession of treats. Please consider using these features to create a wonderful presentation.

3.Easy to Care

Although our Ojyu is a crafted product, it is also easy to handle, with a solid coating and can be washed with a neutral detergent. This is a container that should be used not only for special occasions, but also for everyday use, such as when you fill it with a small feast.

The beautiful design of Kanazawa gold foil can also be enjoyed as interior decoration by placing it on a visible shelf even when not in use.

According to feng shui and other beliefs, the presence of gold, especially on the west side, is also believed to increase one’s luck in money. The beautiful gold shine also makes the whole interior gorgeous.

3 Tiered Oju Box

String of Happiness in Layers
1.History

Oju is an indispensable container for New Year’s osechi dishes. The moment you open the lid, you can’t help but feel a thrill of excitement. It is said that the use of Oju for Osechi dishes is also a wish for “a string of happiness”. Oju is a symbol of good luck.

Jyu-bako (stacked boxes) were already in use in the Muromachi period (1333-1573). Initially, they were used as a type of tea utensil. In the Edo period (1603-1867), luxurious lacquered stacked boxes began to be made and used as a kind of lunch box with handles. From the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period (1868-1912), it became common to pack New Year’s dishes in stacked boxes, and this custom has continued to the present day.

2.Uses

Oju are indispensable for Osechi cuisine, but it may be a bit of a waste to use them only during the New Year’s holiday.

Oju is a container that can be used in everyday life as well. It can be enjoyed as a lunch box for sports events, cherry blossom viewing, and picnics, filled with onigiri (rice balls) and side dishes. You can stylishly serve hors d’oeuvres and enjoy them with wine, or place sweets in a fashionable manner and they will be appreciated as a teatime presentation for entertaining.

The fun part of oju is that each time you open it, you will see a succession of treats. Please consider using these features to create a wonderful presentation.

3.Easy to Care

Although our Ojyu is a crafted product, it is also easy to handle, with a solid coating and can be washed with a neutral detergent. This is a container that should be used not only for special occasions, but also for everyday use, such as when you fill it with a small feast.

The beautiful design of Kanazawa gold foil can also be enjoyed as interior decoration by placing it on a visible shelf even when not in use.

According to feng shui and other beliefs, the presence of gold, especially on the west side, is also believed to increase one’s luck in money. The beautiful gold shine also makes the whole interior gorgeous.

Keiko Sakai

Food stylist, Private chef

Keiko was born and raised in Japan. She graduated from Le Cordon Blue LA with summa cum laude. After graduating, she became a Japanese-French fusion chef and has taught over 3,000 students in the US, Japan, and Taiwan. Outside the classroom, she has also worked as a head chef in West LA. Today, she is spreading traditional Japanese culture through her original recipes in the US.

Order Instructions

Order Now, Pick-up Later
1. Pre Order Here

Limited 15 orders, $400.00 each
28 Osechi items, 3 tiered Oju box, Furoshiki wrapping

Japan Imports Now Osechi order uses Jotform for order processing. Please note that Jotform handles your personal information and data but us. For more details, see their Privacy Policy and Terms.

2. Pick Up at Lagu Cafe

December 31st (Sat) 4:00 -6:00 PM
Lagu Cafe | 17779 Main St, Irvine, CA 92614

\ Limited to 15 Servings /

Order Instructions

Order Now, Pick-up Later
1. Pre Order Here

Limited 15 orders, $400.00 each
28 Osechi items, 3 tiered Oju box, Furoshiki wrapping

Japan Imports Now Osechi order uses Jotform for order processing. Please note that Jotform handles your personal information and data but us. For more details, see their Privacy Policy and Terms.

2. Pick Up at Lagu Cafe

December 31st (Sat) 4:00 -6:00 PM
Lagu Cafe | 17779 Main St, Irvine, CA 92614

\ Limited to 15 Servings /

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