七草粥 / rice porridge with seven spring herbs

日本ではお正月の1月7日に七草粥を食べて、無病息災を願う風習があります。
七草とはせり、なずな、ごぎょう、はこべら、ほとけのざ、すずな、すずしろです。
それぞれに薬効があると言われています。



There is a custom in Japan that people eat bowls of rice porridge with seven spring herbs on the seventh day on January 7th, wishing for good health throughout the year.

Seven herbs* are seri,nazuna,gogyo,hakobera,hotokenoza,suzuna,and suzushiro.
It is said that each herbs has medicinal values.

*seri:Japaneseparsley
nazuna:shepherd's purse
gogyo:Jersey cudweed
hakobera:chickweed
hotokenoza:Japanese nipplewort
suzuna:turnip
suzushiro:daikon(large white Oriental radish)