{"id":2422,"date":"2017-01-03T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/wp2\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2017-01-25T15:21:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T06:21:01","slug":"%ef%bc%92%ef%bc%90%ef%bc%91%ef%bc%97%e5%b9%b4%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%a3%e6%9c%88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/en\/hyogo\/2422.html","title":{"rendered":"O-SHOGATSU (Japanese New Year)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

Let me introduce the Japanese New Year<\/a>\u00a0customs.<\/p>\n

When Christmas is finished, we, Japanese, immediately begin preparations for welcoming the New Year.<\/p>\n

These are big “ikebana” exhibitions in display windows of a department store.<\/p>\n

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These are “Kadomatsu<\/a>” (pine tress decorating the gate in the Shogatsu).<\/p>\n

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Sake barrels (Sake barrels are stacked during celebration times in Japan).<\/p>\n

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Sometimes, the Japanese paper on which Japanese characters are written is also pasted on the door. (It says “Happy New Year.”)<\/p>\n

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Shimenawa<\/a> (braided straw rope) is decorated on each office or house in Shogatsu.<\/p>\n

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Kagami-mochi<\/a>\u00a0(round rice cake) and ikebana are decorated in rooms.<\/p>\n

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January the first, all family members drink “Toso<\/a>” (spiced sake, new year’s ceremonial sake), and have “Osechi-ryori<\/a>” (food served during the New Year’s Holidays) and “Zoni<\/a>” (soup with rice cakes) all together after waking up in the morning.<\/p>\n

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We go to Shinto shrine for “Hatsumode<\/a>” after the morning meal. The shrine shown below is Kiyoshikojin<\/a>\u00a0Temple in Takarazuka-City, HYOGO.<\/p>\n

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