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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sekihan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sekihan (赤飯) is the Japanese traditional dish for celebrations.
Sekihan is often served on special occasions throughout the year in Japan, for example, birthdays, weddings, and shichigosan, which is an event to celebrate children's growth on November 15th.
In some areas, Sekihan is made when a young woman has her first period.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sekihan   (381 words)

  
 Sekihan (Azuki Beans with Sticky Rice) - Japanese Food
Sekihan (Azuki Beans with Sticky Rice) - Japanese Food
This delightful sweet is usually served on special occasions in Japan, including weddings, birthdays and holidays like Shichi-go-san.
It’s believed sekihan's popularity at these celebrations is due to its red color, which symbolizes happiness.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art40349.asp   (195 words)

  
 Red rice symbolizes happiness - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Traditionally, sekihan is only made on special occasions, such as New Year's Day, weddings or birthdays.
It is usually made with white mochi rice and garnished with dry-roasted sesame seeds and a shiso leaf.
If you want to be healthy and happy in the upcoming new year, make sekihan.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2006/Dec/27/il/FP612270337.html   (373 words)

  
 SEKIHAN
My father looked forward to these occasions and would often visit the house where one of these celebrations was taking place.
When I told him that I was going to write about sekihan, he went out of his way to make it for me.
You might think that it's strange because sekihan is not usually sweet but it's really delicious.
www.shejapan.com /jtyeholder/jtye/living/wagashi/wagashi2.html   (203 words)

  
 SHOGATSU RYORI
When Okinawan families gathered to celebrate the New Year, for good luck they first ate cooked pork liver served with a touch of salt.
Sekihan was eaten for good luck; kubu irichi, for long life.
Singe and broil feet until brown and burnt.
www.hawaiiokinawa.com /recipes/page1.html   (336 words)

  
  Japanese basics: Osekihan (Sekihan), Festive Japanese Red Rice and Beans | Just Hungry
Japanese basics: Osekihan (Sekihan), Festive Japanese Red Rice and Beans
Japanese basics: Osekihan (Sekihan), Festive Japanese Red Rice a
Finally, if you compare a mochi rice grain with an uruchi rice grain they look very different - the mochi rice is almost round.
www.justhungry.com /2006/03/japanese_basics.html   (1666 words)

  
  Sekihan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sekihan (赤飯) is the (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japanese traditional dish for celebrations.
Sekihan is often served on special occasions throughout the year in Japan, for example, birthdays, weddings, and (additional info and facts about shichigosan) shichigosan, which is an event to celebrate children's growth on November 15th.
In some areas, sekihan is made when a young woman has her (The first occurrence of menstruation in a woman) menarche.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/sekihan.htm   (316 words)

  
 Sekihan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sekihan (赤飯) is the Japanese traditional dish for celebrations.
In some areas, sekihan is made when a young woman has her menarche.
Sekihan is traditionally eaten with gomashio (a mixture of lightly crushed sesame and salt).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sekihan   (287 words)

  
 sekihan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sekihan (赤飯) is the Japanese traditional dish for celebrations.
Sekihan is often served on special occasions throughout the year in Japan, for example, birthdays, weddings, and shichigosan, which is an event to celebrate children's growth on November 15th.
In some area, Sekihan is made when a female had her first period.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /sekihan.html   (316 words)

  
 Gomashio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gomashio is a natural Japanese flavoring which is made from sesame and salt.
It is often sprinkled on Sekihan and sometimes used as topping on rice and Onigiri.
Gomashio is also used in the Japanese language to refer to a "salt-and-pepper" hair, to describe gray and fl hair strands that intermingle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gomashio   (77 words)

  
 Diversity Calendar - March, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Foods served include sekihan, rice flavored with red beans, and rice dumplings wrapped in cherry leaves and a sweet cake.
Sekihan is made for many Japanese holidays because it is red, the color of happiness.
It is made by precooking red beans, sasage mame, to release their liquid, then tinting the rice by soaking it overnight in this liquid.
www.ccp.cc.pa.us /eeoaa/2004Cal/mar_food.htm   (937 words)

  
 eG Forums -> Osechi ryouri
I guess our staples (apart from sekihan and nishime) are some kind of konbu rolls (since husband comes from Hokkaido), salmon cured in honey and a little salt (cheaper than smoked salmon so I can make enough for 4-5 boys and men!), and some kind of marinated or pickled vegetable dish.
We have a decade long battle over whether to have clear soup with chicken, komatuna, grilled mochi and yuzu, or white miso with round mochi, daikon, and buri decorated with a mountain of tororo konbu and katsuobushi.
Sounds good to me...but sekihan is the one thing my family can't get enough of.
forums.egullet.org /index.php?showtopic=29754   (2598 words)

  
 Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Prepare ahead: A day before you plan to serve sekihan, place the beans in a colander or sieve and wash them under cold running water.
Transfer them to a 2-quart pan, cover them with 4 cups of cold water, and bring to a boil over high heat.
Sprinkle the sekihan with sesame seeds before serving.
www.growinguptoday.com /holidays/Japan.htm   (447 words)

  
 Azuki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The cartoon hero Anpanman is an antropomorphic bun filled with azuki bean paste.
Rice with azuki beans (赤飯; sekihan) is traditionally cooked for auspicious occasions, such as New Year.
Azuki beans can also be fermented to produce amanattō.
www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/az/azuki.html   (538 words)

  
 » Sekihan (Pink Azuki Rice) Japanese Food 101
» Sekihan (Pink Azuki Rice) Japanese Food 101
Sekihan is usually served on special occasions, but it’s so good I’d like to eat it everyday!
Boil the azuki beans in 4 cups of water and discard the water.
www.japanesefood101.com /index.php/recipes/sekihan-pink-azuki-rice   (182 words)

  
 Asian Culture and Tradition - WeddingDetails.com
This generation is very acculturated, with the highest out marriage rate among all Asian Americans.
Traditional Japanese foods are sekihan (red rice), kombu (kelp), tai (sea bream, the traditional fish of happiness), and sake (rice wine).
Chinese foods served at weddings are chosen for their phonetic plays on words.
www.weddingdetails.com /lore/asian.cfm   (1568 words)

  
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We cannot miss a traditional Japanese dish "Sekihan" for celebrations.
Today I'd like to introduce an easy recipe of Sekihan.
Wash rice, soak in water for 3 hours or half a day, and drain.
www.jpn-miyabi.com /Vol.40/sekihan.html   (151 words)

  
 Bragging rights: I made these bento...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
(Had never made sekihan before and ended up throwing away three ruined batches before I figured out the trick of getting the seal right on my improvised steamer and getting the right depth of rice and stuff into it.
Ingredients for everything else (skipping the sekihan because the person I wrote this up for to start with doesn't like adzuki beans):
Either just cook the edamame or simmer them with some sugar to bring out the buttery taste in them.
www.animelyrics.com /forum/topic_show.pl?pid=174581   (1902 words)

  
 Meiji Lithographs
To produce a colored lithograph, one had to use several plates - one for each color - or the fl and white lithograph was colored by hand.
After circa 1873 the use of lithographs became popular in Japan.
In 1885 they organized themselves in the Tokyo Lithograph Union - Tokyo Sekihan Insatsugyo Kumiai with 96 members - all publishers.
www.artelino.com /articles/meiji_lithographs.asp   (756 words)

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