chefs add their own touches to fish and bok choi, chicken and lobster or specially dishes such as shark fins. the dishes are meant to bring good luck and good fortune to diners. delicious. food isn't the only perk here. organizers have planned several traditional parades and performances for the next two weeks. more than 700,000 people are expected to visit the chinatown until the end of chinese new year on february 6th. >> we have weather up next. >> hi and welcome back. already here in central tokyo, japan, we have been seeing snow. it is piling up about one to two centimeters already. travel disturbances already here in tokyo. however, this system will be moving away from the pacific side so by tuesday morning looks like the wet weather will be tapering off. but overnight we could see fresh snow piling up to 25 centimeters in the mountainous areas. meanwhile in the sea of japan side, we are still seeing the wintry pattern remaining and fresh snow could be piling up as much as 60 centimeters in some area. strong winds are companying this system and that could pick up the waves as high

chefs add their own touches to fish and bok choy, chicken and lobster, or specialty dishes such as shark fins. the dishes are meant to bring good luck and good fortune to diners. mm, delicious. food isn't the only perk here. organizers have planned several traditional parades and performances for the next two weeks. more than 700,000 people are expected to visit yokohama chinatown until the end of chinese new year on february 6th. i'm rina nakano, nhk world, yokohama. >>> i kicked off my lunar new year celebration under a veil of snow. saki ochi has the world weather forecast. >>> yes, it did turn out to be quite a wintry picture for tokyo as well as much of japan last night. and here is the clouds, those snow clouds heading away now from at least the pacific side of the country, but as we take a look at the precipitation forecast and see a lot more moisture comes in off the sea of japan so snows will continue to impact this western side of the country. now, the pacific side, looking at sunshine, so the snow is starting to melt, but into the evening hours, some light flurries could be fa

. >> more mushrooms and bok choy. >> what is the center dish. >> very special dish we call it is a sweetice ball very typical dessert for chinese new year, so there is red bean stuffing inside or sesame inside but when you have it, symbolizes family and friends together. >> nice. >> yes. >> what is this here? looks like a little pancake. >> it is but actually special new years cake. so it is a rice cake but we only have it once a year. during chinese new year you can't really get it any other time. >> very unique. >> it is a treat. >> we hear a little bit of the drumming going on because we have the lion dance now talk about the lion dance let's have a seat we have to -- >> we are going to get some food right. we are going to get some food. >> what is lion dance symbolize. >> it is a traditional performance that is done through during the chinese new year and the lion symbolizes, good wealth and prosperity and it is kind of loud traditionally during new year we bring the lions in to greet the crowd entertain family and businesses especially like that every business must have them. >> so

>> that or bok choy. any of those and try different colors.ich in fiber, especially soluble fiber the one that helps lower cholesterol. it can help your blood sugar be stable and can help with weight control because it is very satisfying. it is a starch you want to turn to. >> now we move to africa. >> africa, chick peas are such a winner. number one they are a vegetable protein full of nutrients, plain protein, really good for you and loaded with fiber. one cup of chick peas has half your fiber for the day. a lot of people say well start with the raw ones. they're really small and narly. the ones in the can are fine. dump them in soup, salad, mush them up and make humus. perfect. >> let's head to russia. >> who doesn't like beets? >> especially when you roast them. >> you can get fresh beets and people say, yikes. i can't do this. hack off the stems. cook them. or the best things that have been discovered now are the ones in supermarkets. they're vacuum wrapped. just open them up. they're ready to eat and you can put them in a salad. eat them