Making sure everthin' is alrite (pic from Salina's camera)
Next I'm gonna introduce another tabe (eating) shuukan (practise) in Japan. Its called Nabe. Its almost the same as chinese steamboat except you cooked food indoor on a claypot while all your family & friends gather around it.
The ingredients could vary from chicken to fish(salmon, maguro, etc), vegetables, lots of mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms & seafood(small crabs, oysters) depending on your appetite. There are many type of Nabe and one of them is called Oden, with lots of vegetables in it. Now you know why Japanese live longer .