When eating sekihan rice, people sprinkle onto it some gomashio (salt with sesame) containing unprocessed sesame seeds instead of the usually cut and parched ones, because the act of cutting or parching is regarded as ominous. |
食べるときにはごま塩をふりかけるがそのゴマも切ったり炒ったりすると縁起が悪いとされ、そのまま用いる。 |