| This is because the kitchen isn't used during the New Year's holidays due to a custom established in the late Heian period, in which the use of fire is avoided in the kitchen during the New Year's holidays so as not to anger Kojin, the god of fire. |
これは、火の神である荒神を怒らせないため、正月に台所で火を使うことを避けるという平安時代後期からの風習により、正月には台所仕事をしないからである。 |