The New Year is to see Japan well on the road to a new-born prosperity, with the Yen nearer its normal rate of exchange, a renaissance of industry and foreign trade and a restored confidence in ...

Each year, postal workers in Hakata celebrate the new year by taking to the streets en masse. It's a freakish display of small-displacement, two-wheeled insanity, and we absolutely love it.

Join us for a day filled with cultural performances, delicious food, and engaging activities to celebrate the start of the New Year, Japanese style! This is a wonderful opportunity to experience ...

As the sounds of taiko and fue — traditional Japanese drums and flute — began to fill the Miller Living Room gathering space ...

Pounding and eating mochi offers good luck, health, prosperity and happiness.

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their ...

Families traditionally celebrate New Year by cooking a vegetable broth in ... the throat - and can lead to suffocation. According to Japanese media, 90% of those rushed to hospital from choking ...

The Japanese convey their hopes for the new year through kakizome, the ritualized first calligraphy writing of the year.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Come out and celebrate the Japanese New Year ate the O-Shogatsu Festival happening this weekend at the Portland Japanese Garden. ARC PDX spoke with Mayuko Sasanuma ...

“This is a very important time when we celebrate many traditions,” Hunter ... “We wish you a very Happy New Year in 2025 and look forward to our close relationship and collaboration.” ...

Join the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre on Jan. 4 for a celebration of the Japanese New Year, with games, food trucks and more. Free activities will include Kakizome New Year calligraphy ...