Having examined the menus of everyday meals and special New Year's Day dishes, I have found that there was a clear distinction between them. Everyday dishes have been developed and altered influenced by western and Chinese cooking. But the New Year's Day dishes (called osechi foods) have changed very little slightly influenced by western and Chinese cooking. Recently the Welfare Ministry encourages to take more milk and other dairy products for the sake of better nutrition. They were so much used now that they become third (11.2%) in the menu of everyday meals. But they were very little used for the New Year's Day dishes. As the mode of life changes more dairy products will be used. How to induce people to eat more dairy products on New Year's Day, too, is a subject of study to be solved in future.