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As people around the world, the Japanese celebrate New Year on December 31st. But the important part of the holiday for them is not New Year's Eve but the morning of the next day. At New Year all Japanese people, without exceptions, must spend this holiday with their families and relatives. People decorate their houses with flowers, pine tree branches and bamboo trees. They call such preparations "kadomacu". It is also necessary to clean the house.
On New Year's Eve the Japanese don't have parties or noisy celebrations. They have dinner and go to bed not very late. The most important part of the holiday is the next morning. You have to get up very early and go to a high place from where you can see the sunrise. Watching the first rays of the sun is good for the spirit. The name of this tradition is "goraiko".
New Year's feast also includes some rules. For breakfast, they have chicken broth or sweet soup with rice buns. Then they eat meals which include long spaghetti made from millet. The spaghetti is a symbol of long life, happy relationships and good intentions.
Children especially love this holiday because they get a small amount of pocket money in a beautiful envelope. They also play games and fly a kite.
- New Year
- December 31st
- decorate the house
- clean the house
- Easter
- December 25th
- October 31st
- visit family
- have traditional feast
- see the sunrise
- play games
- fly a kite
- Christmas
- watch fireworks
- pray
- decorate the pine tree
- hang up balloons
- light lamps
- throw streamers
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