Happy New Year to all!! Wishing you and your family a very happy this 2010.
We can say new year in japanese called Oshogatsu.
I'd like show you a traditional japanese New year
Kagami-mochi
Kagami-mochi are offerings
to the god of the New Year
Osechi-New year's food
Hatsumode at the shrine
new year's visit to a shrine
Omikuji-paper fortune
my daughter is wishing something...
Many people also draw sacred lots to learn
their fortune for the new year.
Tontoーfire at the shrine
Zoni
We have zoni 1st Jan. morning as a breakfast
Each area also has its own a special New Years soup
containing rice cakes.
Nengajyo
new year's greeting post-cards
PS)Did you look up full moon yesterday?
In fact, it seems that has been 365 years of the first day in New Year