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Jan 16

Celebrating New Year in Japan

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New Year is an important event for the people and this occasion is celebrated or enjoyed in the whole world. Some important activities related to this occasion include social gatherings, ringing of bells, and preparation of special dishes and exchange of gifts. People in different countries celebrate this occasion according to their customs and traditions. Some people enjoy with fireworks with their families. Kite flying is a special type of celebration in Japan. Most of the people in Japan like to enjoy with kites. Similarly various types of shows created on this occasion like dance parties and dinner arrangement. Some people also prefer to enjoy with movies and other programs. Therefore it is a special day and most of the people celebrate this occasion.

If you are living in Japan then you should be familiar with custom and traditions of Japanese people. They enjoy and celebrate New Year occasion with different mode. They visit temples and worship there. The people in Japan also prepare delicious food dishes and they invite their friends for this dinner. Exchange of greeting cards is very important on this occasion and people use to present beautiful cards to each other. Two types of greeting cards are very important like printed and non printed cards. You can purchase or buy printed card from any store and shop easily but printed cards are usually expensive than non printed cards. Therefore people in Japan prefer non printed cards and they send these cards through online source. It is very convenient and simple to send greeting cards with the help of internet.

Symphony is also very important tradition in Japan and people celebrate this during New Year. This tradition was introduced in 1965. Some people in Japan also climb to mountains to visit a beautiful scene of first sun rise of New Year. Some channels also provide a chance to visit this scene at home. First sun rise with a beautiful smile is considered a good sign for future. Shopping is performed also to enjoy New Year and some shopkeepers also offer discount packages on this occasion for customers.

Jan 12

Celebrating New Year in Tokyo Guest Houses

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New Year’s Eve is a celebration which is celebrated the world over. It is the one celebration which regardless of what religion or race a person may be they will still find it relatable in all ways possible. With that in mind, you can be assured that no matter where you are, your new year’s celebration is bound to be a blast as the festivities are similar all around the world. This is also true even if you are celebrating New Year’s Eve in Tokyo guest houses.


It is a well-known fact that the Japanese are notoriously particular with their cultural principles and the ethics of their country. So you would probably be worried that their New Year’s Eve celebration would be too overly Japanese oriented.
But you would be pleasantly surprised to find out that contrary to popular believes, the Japanese take on New Year’s Eve celebration is as cultural but also includes elements of many other cultures such as the ones from the west.
On the traditional side of the celebration, the Japanese always practice eating a special dish they refer to as, Toshikoshi Soba, this dish is loosely translated to mean “Entering a New Year Soba”. This form of soba is made from buckwheat noodles, and thus is no different than Soba served any other time of the year in Japan. However the eating of Soba at the end of the year has always been symbol which marks the end of the year for the Japanese.

In the west the New Year’s celebration is often the mark for new resolutions for the year, the setting of new goals, and a mark for many people to start making a change in their lives in the year ahead. For the Japanese however, the concept of New Years is diverted by just a little. In Japan, the New Year marks the abandonment of the past years and looking forward only to the New Year. The Japanese believe that this will allow everything you do in the New Year to be considered as your first time.