The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese Emperor spends the first days of ...
This word serves as my guide in decision-making throughout the year. I was introduced to this traditional Japanese ...
Pounding and eating mochi offers good luck, health, prosperity and happiness.
The new AirTag is to celebrate the Japanese Year of the Snake, but there are only 50,000 of them, and they are part of a ...
During oshogatsu (Japanese New Year), people in Japan huddle outside of temples and shrines to pray for an auspicious year, hands warmed by steaming cups of amazake (fermented rice drink).
The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida (JAS) will usher in the “Year of the Snake” with its 31st annual Japanese New Year Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the Wright Place in ...
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 ...
Around the world, people are eating certain foods on New Year's Eve, hoping to ensure that the upcoming year will be full of ...
Chef Takashi Yagihashi honors his late father’s memory each year with ozoni, a traditional Japanese New Year’s soup made with ...
A 16 th century bronze bell rang 108 times on Sunday during a celebration of the Japanese New Year at San Francisco’s Asian ...