Before Setsubun,most of the convenience stores like the 7/11 or the big supermarkets in Japan,prepare fliers of their own roll sushi to collect orders as we like to eat the whole sushi on that day.
My American friend living here in Japan,read my blog about the Setsubun which was updated last year.She got to know the original and traditional way.
http://macromacrobiyoko.blogspot.jp/2012/02/saint-valentines-day-in-japan.html
After buying the roll sushi at the supermarket,her husband and she ate facing the direction of good fortune,which is the south and south-east for this year.
According to our tradition,we have to eat a whole roll sushi praying for wishes without talking;but my friend failed to follow the rule and talked while eating.
Normally,we slice the roll sushi when we prepare it at home as it is easy to eat and we can see the variety of the fillings by doing so.But,on the other hand,it is said that cutting the roll sushi on Setsubun means cutting off good relationship.After my husband ate one whole sushi, he asked me to slice another one as enjoying the sushi was more important than the tradition for him!!
「恵方巻 means roll sushi for Setsubun
sliced roll sushi selling at the bento shop
Parched beans
Today is Saint Valentine's Day.
My Singapore friend who corrects my script in English for my this blog does
like the topic of [Saint Valentine's Day in Japan] which was updated today last year.
http://macromacrobiyoko.blogspot.jp/2012/02/saint-valentines-day-in-japan.html
I gave many chocolate to men and boys around me on that day till 2004 !
What a waste!!
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