Ushering in good fortune is the rationale behind many Japanese New Year traditions, so it’s not surprising that some dishes are designated as luck-bringing ones. Toshikoshi soba(literally “year-crossing” buckwheat noodles), are served hot on New Year’s Eve to symbolize the cutting off of ...
New Year orOshōgatsu(お正月) is the most important holiday of the year for the Japanese. It’s a family holiday that is steeped in long tradition and is a far cry from the parties and public displays of drunkenness that often define the countdown to the New Year for many around the w...
The cost, however, is that because New Year’s is overwhelmingly a quiet time spent with family (as opposed to the wild parties of the West), most of the nation shuts down to take a break. This means that for several days nothing is open including shops, restaurants and even doctor’s...
One last thing to mention here is that if you visit Japan during New Years, make sure to buyfukubukuro(lucky bags), sold at many stores on 1 January. You can buy them the entire first week of January until they run out. You never know what you’re going to get from your Fukubukuro!
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1873, during the Meiji era, the official New Year has been celebrated on January 1st due to Western influence, rather than the New Year based on the lunar calendar (also known as Lunar New Year). This annual festival comes with many traditions and customs, each imbued with special meaning....
The respect for the Ainu and most especially for their traditions of oneness with the natural world, at this distance seems something of a shield for the embarrassment at past attitudes. The very roughness and rawness of the natural world inherent in their culture has, like so many well ...
a Around the world, different cultures have their own traditions for welcoming the new year. The Japanese hang straw ropes across the front of their houses to keep out evil spirits and bring happiness and good luck. They also have a good laugh as the year begins to get things started on ...
Japanese Yokai can be cute. On the flipside, they can be utterly evil and scary too! Here are 15 deadly Yokai you’d never want to meet, within or outside of Japan.
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