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　From 14:00 on January 11th, the New Year's annual “Kamikai” was held at Nihonbashi Eitarou Sohonpo, and the first 500 people were served with soup flour.　　　　　　Kagamibiraki is a traditional event that lowers the kagami mochi that was offered to household miniature shrine and tokonoma in New Year's Day as the New Year's God's yorishiro, prays for sound health, and eats it into zoni or juice powder.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　It is said that it was held along with the beginning of the New Year, such as the samurai's "Gufoot Opening", the merchant's "Tozo Opening", and the farmer's "Hoe Beginning".　　　　　　　　　It is said that kagami mochi accused of the word cutting in a samurai in the past, dividing it with a mallet and making it into red bean juice powder is meant to exterminate evil and remember the roots of ancient rice, red rice.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The maximum temperature in the city center on this day is 7.2 ° C, the coldest daytime temperature this winter, and the warm juice powder on the cold body is a heartfelt hospitality.　Since the Warring States period, during the New Year in samurai, the rice cakes offered in front of the armor are called `` armor mochi '' (decoration), and in Edo, townspeople imitated this, and in merchants do not have armor, so it is said that lucky items was decorated as a foot.　　Until the day before, "Edo offering rice cake <Gufoot decoration>", which followed this shape, was displayed in the store.　　　It is a scene where you can feel the history of a long-established store that has been in business for more than 200 years.