Why is fructose of concern? First, it is sweeter than either glucose or sucrose. In fruit, it serves as a marker for foods that are nutritionally rich. However, in soft drinks and other âsweets,â fructose serves to reward sweet taste that provides âcalories,â often without much else in the way of nutrition.
Osechi-ryori is a dish that is cooked before New Year's Eve to eat on New Years Day. On New Years Day, the God of the Year, named Toshigami comes to the world and the world starts a new year. The god came through a special gate, a Kadomatsu, into our world.He is god of agriculture.t is one of the most important annual events in Japan. Osechi food is packed in colorful lacquer boxes called jubako. Each dish and ingredient in osechi has a meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life, and so on.
Tales of the Otori is a series of historical fantasy novels by Gillian Rubinstein, writing under the Pen name Lian Hearn, set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan. The series initially consisted of a trilogy: Across the Nightingale Floor (2002), Grass for His Pillow (2003), and Brilliance of the Moon (2004).It was followed in 2006 by a sequel, The Harsh Cry of the Heron, and in 2007 by a prequel, Heaven's Net is Wide. Otori Takeo: born to the Hidden as Tomasu, but given the name Takeo after his rescue from an attack on his village. 2  Son of Kikuta Isamu and heir to Isamu's many supernatural talents. 3  Nephew and adopted son of Otori Shigeru and legal heir to lordship of the Otori clan.