January 11 is known as kagami biraki (鏡開き), literally mirror opening. It is a day to eat the New Year's round rice cakes called kagami mochi (鏡餅) thanking gods and ancestors and wishing the happiness and good health. I ate them as oshiruko (お汁粉), red bean sweet soup.
It has been 10 months since the Great East Japan Earthquake happened.
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