The New Year, or oshogatsu, is the central holiday period of the Japanese calendar and is well on its way. For the 2020 festivities, Disney Stores in Japan are letting fans ring in the New Year with ...

Kadomatsu are displayed in many places to celebrate the New Year. Note: Kadomatsu decorations are made from ... outside homes and office buildings. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken ...

Japanese New Year celebrations are quite different from Western ones ... Invite good luck into your place with some auspicious decorations. Walking around Tokyo, you might see "kadomatsu" and ...

For at least 13 centuries, the Japanese have made mochi ... It is also used as a New Year’s decoration — two rice cakes stacked on each other and topped with a tangerine representing the ...

Shogatsu, or New Year's, is when Japanese generally work less than the rest of the world. It is also the time to follow long-standing traditions related to the Shinto and Buddhist religions ...

Shōgatsu is the most significant event on the Japanese ... prosperity in the year ahead. The shōgatsu season runs through January 7, or January 15 in some regions. While New Year’s Day ...

Leading up to the new year, to give themselves a fresh start, Japanese families embark on ... Another common decoration is the shimenawa, a braided straw rope often hung at a home's entrance ...

Tokyo Disney Resort New Year’s Both parks will have a special New Year’s Greeting featuring Mickey Mouse and friends in traditional Japanese attire, kadomatsu decorations at the entrances ...