On New Year’s Day, Japanese people visit shrines and temple, and many of them pen down their New Year wishes [...]
2012 has been another great year, and it seems that everyone has survived the “apocalypse”. So cheers to another exciting [...]
After confirming the list of performers, NHK has unveiled the full song lists this year for the 63rd Kouhaku. Looking [...]
Japanese have the customs of sending New Year cards and for Today’s Japan Photo, we take a look at these [...]
Watching Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦) is definitely one of the best way to spend your New Year’s Eve and NHK has [...]
Apart from eating yummy food and visiting the local shrine, Japanese also consume a sake drink called Otoso お屠蘇 on New [...]
For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be sampling one of the common dishes that is eaten during the Japanese New [...]
On New Year’s Day, Japanese folks would visit local temples to pen down their wishes for the year on “Ema” [絵馬] [...]
For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall take a look at a massive Kagami Mochi that is being offered to the [...]
It is tradition that on New Year’s Day many, most Japanese visit a Shinto Shrine and pray for good luck [...]
Time just seem to pass so fast when you are having fun and we have crossed over to another exciting [...]
We are one week away from the annual New Year’s Eve Kouhaku Uta Gassen and NHK has finally unveiled the [...]
