Shōsetsu (Lesser Snow)

A kazahana in a Japanese beech grove. (© Pixta)

Freshly harvested crops are presented at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. (© Pixta)

A typical Japanese meal of soup, rice, and three dishes. (© Pixta)

Mandarin ducks. (© Pixta)

Dashi (floats) and fireworks at the Chichibu Night Festival. (© Pixta)

New Years’ postcards (left) and mochū-hagaki mourning postcards. (© Pixta)

Kairo disposable heat pack. (© Pixta)

Nanten (heavenly bamboo) (left); manryō (coralberry). (© Pixta)

Senryō (glabrous sarcandra herb) (left); hyakuryō (Japanese holly). (© Pixta)

Jūryō (marlberry) (left); ichiryō (Indian damnacanthus). (© Pixta)

Easy-to-peel mikan mandarins. (© Pixta)

Pacific cod fillets (left) and chikuwa made from Alaska pollock. (© Pixta)

Steamed rice topped with salty tarako. (© Pixta)