No. 131
Thin and long, like the noodles tonight.
New Year's Eve is the last day of the year. In Japan, people eat soba noodles to see the year out.
the soba is thin and long, the bells ring out the old year
Today is New Year's Eve, the last day of the year. In Japan, people eat a bowl of soba noodles and listen to temple bells ring out the old year.
Soba is thin and long, so it's eaten as a wish for a long life. It also breaks easily, so some say it cuts off the hardships of the year. The things you'd like to keep going and the things you'd like to let go of: one bowl handles both.
Today is calm. Close the year quietly. Thank you for drawing your yuru here this year.
Try this today
- Have a bowl of noodles tonight
- Remember one good thing from this year
- Count the bells, or the minutes, until midnight
