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Japanese new year is celebrated on the 1st January every year since the year 1873 (with the adoption of Gregorian calendar), and is one of the most famous and popular festivals of Japanese people. The first January is official and cultural holiday in Japan.
The day before japanese new year's day, is called Omisoka. Religious, festive, and entertaining celebrations on the occasion of new year, at The Watched Night bell, in Tokyo, is one of the top new year's eve destinations of the world.
Japanese New Year Celebration
Observance of japanese new year is made with long elaborate preparations, decorations, great optimistic and festive enthusiasm, and cheerful joys. In addition to the traditional customs of Japanese new year celebration and carnival, there are organized a variety of new year's eve events, for cloying festivity, entertainment, farewell to the old year, and warm welcome to the auspicious and happy new year, in all across Japan.
All Buddhist temples of Japan observe ringing their bells hundred and eight times, at midnight of Omisoka (December 31), with the intentions to avert 108 human sins from every Japanese citizen. After ringing the bells 108 times and paying prayers to God, Buddhists commonly used to eat soba noodles.
Japanese New Year Cards
Japanese new year cards are commonly shared by the people residing in japan during the new year season to express their warm wishes, love and affection they have for each other. If you are thinking of doing something really different and exceptional this upcoming new year, you can plan out to send Japanese new year cards to your friends, this will surely cherish your partner and loved ones.
Most people love receiving unique things every year, they long to explore new things always, so what can be another better way can enhance the beauty of your new year wishes than sending Japanese new year cards to your near and dear ones. Sending New Year's greetings to friends, relatives, colleagues, officials, and other social people around the occasion of Japanese New Year, through new year's day postcards and also through Internet, is an immensely popular custom of celebrating new year in Japan.
This custom is followed for friends, relatives, and colleagues residing in other cities or regions, to imply that the senders are alive and well, and to wish them good luck, wealth, health, and prosperity in the coming new year. Otoshidama, the custom of giving money to children on the New Year's Day, in small decorated envelopes (known as Pochibukuro), is commonly and traditionally followed in Japan.
During the Japanese new year celebration and carnival, people of Japan used to eat a variety of lucky and healthy food items called Osechi-ryori, comprising of seaweed, potatoes, fish, chestnut, black soybeans, etc. Sashimi, mochi, and Sushi foods are also popular.
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