Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls ...

I was introduced to this traditional Japanese practice through Kakizome at Arts Mid-Hudson.

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

Lynchburg, Va. (WSET) — With the New Year coming in, a new opportunity comes for Koto Japanese Steak House and Sushi. SEE ...

I began making ozoni for my children and my wife every New Year’s at our home in Chicago. I don’t make osechi ryori — it’s a ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese Emperor spends the first days of ...

The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida is hosting the 31st annual Japanese New Year Celebration on Jan. 25, 2025, in ...

The Japanese convey their hopes for the new year through kakizome, the ritualized first calligraphy writing of the year. Kakizome, meaning "first writing," occurs within the initial days of the year.

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 ...

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 ...