A Japanese soup called ozoni is also eaten with osechi-ryorｉ. The flavor and ingredients vary depending on where in Japan you are. Here's how to make typical ozoni of the Kanto and Kansai districts. Kanto District Ozoni Ingredients (serves four) 4 rectangular rice cakes (kakumochi) Chicken 200g Komatsuna 100g Kamaboko 4 slices Honeywort (mitsuba) to taste Citron peel to taste Salt 1tls Soy sauce 1tbls Fish stock 800cc Sake 1tbls 1. Boil komatsuna (a Japanese vegetable similar to spinach). 2. Boil stock, salt, soy sauce and sake in a pot. 3. Debone chicken and add the meat to the pot. 4. Grill the rice cake. 5. Put the grilled rice cake, kamaboko, chicken, komatsuna and stock into a bowl. 6. Decorate with honeywort and citron peel.

Generally, the main ingredients of the Kanto district's ozoni are stock and rectangular rice cakes, while that of the Kansai district's are shiromiso and round rice cakes.