<Li> Sekihan, is red rice, which is served for any celebratory occasion . It is usually sticky rice cooked with azuki, or red bean, which gives the rice its distinctive red color . </Li> <Li> Soba: New Year's Eve . This is called toshi koshi soba (ja: 年越し そば) (literally "year crossing soba"). </Li> <Li> Chirashizushi, Ushiojiru (clear soup of clams) and amazake: Hinamatsuri . </Li> <P> In some regions every 1st and 15th day of the month people eat a mixture of rice and azuki (azuki meshi (小豆 飯), see Sekihan). </P>

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