Traditional Japanese New Year's Celebrations 2010- お正月

[JJuliet]

i loved this video!! it was so nice of them to give out mochi to the public.

just by viewing the booths i would have stopped at all of them instead of watching the ceremony (the tourist in me). New Years seems to be a fun event in Japan. the ending of the video made me hungry... was is delicious as it looked?

[Omikron420]

Happy new year! Did you eat your mochi soup?

[RisuMiso]

Happy new year! I never had any mochi soup at new years.  I'm pretty okay with that, as mochi in soup isn't my favorite (but I'll eat it).

[tonygaijin]

That's a big mallet! Happy new years!

[RisuMiso]

Haha, yup! Happy new year!

[usaverageguy]

Akemashte omedetou gozaimasu. Tokoro de, okusan no eigo wa totemo ii desu yo

[RisuMiso]

明けましておめでとう！あなたのコメントで彼女はうれしがってい­ます。

[andrewl5201]

happy new year :) hey dude is your wife japanese?

[RisuMiso]

Happy new year! And yes she is.

[andrewl5201]

Oh thats cool, I had a feeling lol. I feel kinda dumb not knowing

[coconutvideo]

happy new year! I really like watching your videos (:

[RisuMiso]

I'm glad you enjoy them! Happy new year to you too!

[RobotKoi]

I've seen people making mochi before but never had a chance to try it myself, looks like fun!

[RisuMiso]

It's pretty fun I was being careful because I was worried about hitting his hand or not having the mallet come down straight and damage the mortar. On the other hand I'm not a particularly strong person so...

[sakuraga0ka]

Happy New Years! Nice video! :D

[RisuMiso]

Thanks! Happy New Year!

[Eyobe1]

awesome video man! haha i shoulda done someting like that on new years eve

[RisuMiso]

Thanks!  There is always next year!

[movingeunuchs]

Happy New Year! Watching people make Mochi makes me nervous, haha. The mic on your camera must be in a bad spot, eh?

[RisuMiso]

Yeah, sometimes I accidentally cover it. I'll get a real video camera one day. I almost hit his fingers once when he kept them in longer then normal! Happy New Year!

[JoyMac13]

Great video!

Cheers for a 2010 and more videos!!!

[JoyMac13]

Cheers for 2010 I meant, hahaha. Love the food spread. :3 Nyum!

[RisuMiso]

Happy New year! Food is good!

[Omegalux]

Wow, great video. The part where you were smashing the rice stuff was great. Also the amount of food looked yummy. Hope it tasted as good as it looked.

And hope to see more videos like this in the future mate, really some of your best work.

[RisuMiso]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! The food was and usually always is delicious in Japan!

I like making these kinds of videos way more than straight up vlogs so I try to make them whenever I'm doing something interesting. I'll have a video up of the Imperial palace and the Emperor's new year speech tomorrow or the next day.

[chrishimself84]

happy new year ! =)

nice video, the food looked great wow.

[RisuMiso]

Happy New year!  The food was awesome!

[samurairudy]

nice vid bro...

[RisuMiso]

Thanks!

[AnimeManga3000]

happy new year,man!

[RisuMiso]

Happy New year!

[Oram22]

mochi is so nice

[RisuMiso]

I can't say I'm a huge fan of plain mochi. It's okay but not my favorite.

[RoninDave]

did you beat the mochi or did the mochi beat you?

[bluesheeft]

Ryan tapped it a bit. then a big shinto guy came and SMACKED THE CRAP OUT OF IT, hehe :)

[RisuMiso]

My arms would be better used as toothpicks in the mochi after it's made!

[MisterNES]

Happy New Year, dude!

[RisuMiso]

Happy New Years to you too!

[ShadowBlazer19]

Looks like you had fun! I cant remember much after the countdown and then the New Years... I woke up in my bed though! I was thankful for that :) Have a great New Year!

[RisuMiso]

Yeah it was fun. One of the first new years I didn't get very drunk and I can remember everything. I must be getting old! Happy New years!