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Celebrating New Year in Japan

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Japanese people celebrate New Year according to their own customs and traditions. This day is considered very important event in Japan and people celebrate this day with excitement. It is considered an annual festival in Japan. The people in Japan prepare special types of food products on this occasion. Most of the japans people like to celebrate this occasion at home and they eat delicious dishes. They prefer to enjoy this occasion with their friends and relatives because it is a part of their tradition. They prepare food products and preserve in their refrigerators for future use.  Ozni is a special dish in Japan and it is prepared with rice and other ingredients.

Similarly watching of channel programs and serials is also very famous. People invite each other and they arrange some programs. It is a very special and important occasion event for Japanese people. Therefore most of the Japanese people like to enjoy this occasion. People also enjoy some holidays on this occasion. Another important celebration in Japan is bell ringing. There are present a large no of Buddhist temple in Japan and these temples ring their bells on this occasion during midnight. The people of Japan believe that ringing of this bell will eliminate their sins. They also worship in temple on this occasion. The month of December is a special day for business. This month is also important for Japanese post offices because most of the Japanese people send greeting cards to their relatives and friends.

People send invitation cards to invite the people for social gatherings. If you have had a death of any person in your home then you will not send card to any one because it is a part of tradition. These are few common traditions and customs of Japanese people. Companies in Japan prepare millions of post cards for this occasion. Some people also use the source of internet to send greeting cards to their relatives. Another important custom in Japan is the preparation of rice cakes on this occasion. Some people participate in games to enjoy the day of New Year.

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How do Japanese celebrate New Year

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No matter what you nationality and ethnicity is people all over the world celebrate New Year in a different way. Some people used to play music, dance and party on eve of New Year and some of them welcome new year with prayers and warm wishes. Japan is a country having rich culture and traditions. In Japan the on new year people a lot of different things. It not all about drinking, dancing and fireworks in Japan there are some key things we you should enjoy if you ever got chance to visit Japan on new year.

The first thing is that the celebration of new year’s run for more than 3 days in Japan and most of the people and business are  close in this time period. It is a tradition in Japan that people love to send best wishes to friends, family and other relatives on the eve new year. The Japanese people love to send cards to each other on new year especially kids. These cards are well designed and well decorated. The other thing which is considered as a tradition in Japan is that people used to give money to the kids and they will insert money inside the cards.

On new year people will decorate their homes with lights and clean their house as people used to visit each other to wish each other. The other tradition which you can find in Japan is that on the December, 31st midnight they ring the bells one hundred and eight times in their temples all over the world as it was in their religion. The other things about bells is that Japanese people believe that by ringing bells you can get rid of all sin you committed in previous year.

Japanese people love to eat the traditional foods items on the eve of new year. They eat many dishes and also keep some dishes in the refrigerator for the guest as the stores and shops are closed due to holiday. There are so many different television show especially made to provide entertainment to people on new year.

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