Hinamatsuri

March 3rd is a girl's day or Doll's Festival called "Hina-matsuri" in Japan.
This day is also called "Momo no Sekku" and we decorate dolls called "Hina-ningyo" and Momo(peach blossom).
The Full set of Hina-ningyo is 15 but most important dolls is a couple called "Odairi-sama" and "Ohina-sama".
"Odairi-sama" is a man and "Ohina-sama" is a woman.And it shows love of couple.
Parents who have girl decorate these dolls with wish for their child's happy wedding in future.
This event has rule that you can decorate after "Setsubun" and have to put away the dolls in that day, March 3rd.
Because there is a superstition that if you put away after March 3rd, your daughter have to wait too long and miss the opportunity to get married.

We eat special sushi called "Chirashi-zushi" and snack called "Hina-arare" and drink "Amazake" on this day.
"Amazake" is white color sweet sake.
But I live in Maui now and I can't have Hina-arare and Amazake.
So, I made sinple Chirashi-zushi to celebrate Girl's day even only enjoy the feeling.

And also I made Chakin-zushi and Inari-zushi.



Chakin-zushi is wrapped sushi rice in a layer of egg.

Inari-zushi is wrapped sushi rice in a sweet taste abura-age(fried bean curd).

Making these sushi is little bit hard work because it take long time to wrap rice in egg and abura-age. But my husband felt happy with this sushi's look and it made me very happy to cook for him.