{"id":1140,"date":"2021-01-05T02:31:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T02:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2022-01-29T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T17:00:14","slug":"how-japan-celebrates-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/how-japan-celebrates-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Oshogatsu, the Japanese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='featured'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='1150'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-hidden'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='28.666666666667'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-hidden av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img src='https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NY-kazari-1500x430.jpg' width='1500' height='430' title='' alt='NY kazari'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_section   container_wrap sidebar_right' style='background-color: rgba(10,90,130,0.19);  '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1140'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:0px; margin:0 0 0 0; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Oshogatsu, the Japanese New Year<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1140'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>READING TIME: 5 MINUTES.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year, or <em>O-Shogatsu<\/em> in Japanese is Japan&#8217;s most important holiday that comes with its own customs and traditions. \u00a0Many of these customs have Shinto, Buddhist, or even Feng Shui roots. They are all meant to ensure an auspicious start of the new year and usher health, success, and prosperity into your household. <em>O-Shogatsu<\/em>\u00a0and the days before it is like one giant, complex ritual that every Japanese knows and engages in naturally and cheerfully. In this blog, I share about the flow of <em>O-Shogatsu<\/em> customs and traditions that make New Year&#8217;s in Japan so enjoyable and special.<\/p>\n<h3>Preparing for the New Year<\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1141 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oosoji.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oosoji.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oosoji-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oosoji-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last days of the old year are dedicated to <em>oosoji<\/em>, or a big clean up. To ensure that the new yearly cycle begins with clean, fresh energy the Japanese clean their homes and purge them of old or not needed items. Oosoji is often the way that schools and businesses break for the holidays. Employees clean their workspace and students clean their classrooms. Even kindergarteners helped by their parents participate in the clean up of the school. While cleaning may not be everyone&#8217;s favorite thing, having a clean, uncluttered house or workspace is something everyone enjoys.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Once the clean-up is done it is time to decorate. Each decoration has its purpose and carries special symbols meant to usher in good luck and prosperity.<\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1142 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/New-Years-decoration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/New-Years-decoration.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/New-Years-decoration-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/New-Years-decoration-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Walk by any home or business in Japan around the new year and you will see wreath-like braided rice straw decorations hanging on the front doors. These are called <em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">shime-nawa<\/em><\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">. <\/em>Braided straw ropes are<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0used to demarcate a sacred or purified space so <em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">shime-nawa<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0meant to keep your home safe. You will often see them hanging from the eaves of shrines or being wrapped around old trees together. Another part of the decoration is the zigzag-shaped <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">shide<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> paper streamers that are used in Shinto purification rituals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1152 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kadomatsu-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kadomatsu-copy.jpg 263w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kadomatsu-copy-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The entrance gates of houses and buildings are often decorated with <em>kadomatsu <\/em>(literally pine gate,)\u00a0another traditional New year&#8217;s decoration made of pine branches and bamboo. The <em>kadomatsu <\/em>decoration consists of three bamboo shoots and pine branches. The pine symbolizes longevity and the bamboo is the symbol of growth. The three bamboo shoots also represent heaven, humanity, and earth. They are of different heights with heaven being the highest and earth the lowest. The <em>kadomatsu<\/em>\u00a0is traditionally kept by the building&#8217;s entrance till the end of the New Near&#8217;s celebrations. Once these are over, it is taken to the shrine and together with all other decorations, is burned there.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Ring out the old attachments, bring in new energy ~<\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1157 \" src=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Joyanokane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Joyanokane.png 676w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Joyanokane-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Joyanokane-600x339.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before midnight on December 31 temples all over Japan ring their bells 108 times which, according to Buddhist tradition is the number of human attachments. Again according to Buddhist teachings, it is our attachments that create all suffering. The Japanese believe that this ringing of the bell will free them of the attachments and temptations of the previous year so they can begin the new year with a clean slate. In many temples, people line up to have a go at the ringing of the bell which is a light, lively event. The last bell ring is timed to match with midnight and signals the end of the old year and the beginning of the new one. Then the\u00a0bells begin to ring again, this time ringing in the 108 human virtues so we all have a year that is strong and fulfilling.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>It&#8217;s time to celebrate ~<\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1164 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fuji-Sunrise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fuji-Sunrise.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fuji-Sunrise-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fuji-Sunrise-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Different from what is typical in western cultures where the big celebration is on New Year&#8217;s Eve, in Japan celebration begins on the 1st of January. Many people wake up early and go out in the chilly dawn to see the first sunrise of the year. The best experience and a dream of a lifetime for many, is to meet the first Sun of the year on the top of Mt. Fuji. However, \u00a0to do that you need to be fit because the mountain is almost 4,000 meters high (about 10,000 ft.) For those brave souls who are not afraid to face the elements and do the climb in total darkness, the reward is a breathtaking view of the sun rising over the sea clouds and lighting up the mountain and world below it. It is a truly magical experience.<\/p>\n<p>Those of us who are unable to do the climb can still have a beautiful experience. In my family, we go to a bridge over the Tama river near our home where we wait for the sun to rise over the hills in the distance. Every year there are many people on the bridge, not only neighbors but judging from the many parked cars also people who have come from far away. There is a great feeling of &#8216;togetherness&#8217; in sharing that moment which is a wonderful way to begin the new year.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The first sunrise of 2021\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iokXMtl7uCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Nengajo &#8211; New Year&#8217;s greeting cards<\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1187 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nengajo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nengajo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nengajo-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nengajo-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/>We can&#8217;t talk about <em>O-Shogatsu<\/em> without mentioning\u00a0<em>nengajo<\/em>, the special New Year&#8217;s greeting cards. These cards are sent to family, friends, and colleagues to express your gratitude for their help throughout the year. N<em>engajo\u00a0<\/em>can be purchased with a holiday greeting relative to the particular year already printed on them. However, most people prefer to get blank ones and create their own designs using family photos, premade software templates, or in the past stamps. The post office begins accepting <em>nengajo<\/em> in early December, giving each a special mark to ensure it will be delivered promptly on New Year&#8217;s Day. Waiting for your bundle of postal love (they literally arrive bound together) and wading through the flood of New Year&#8217;s wishes on the first day of the year is a cherished holiday tradition similar to anticipating and opening presents. Each <em>nengajo <\/em>comes with a lottery number so each card you send or that you receive is a chance to win a prize.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Osechi-ryori, the New Year&#8217;s feast<\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1143 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Osechiryouri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Osechiryouri.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Osechiryouri-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spiritofjapantours.com\/staging\/8667\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Osechiryouri-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>The food for the New Year&#8217;s feast, called osechi-ryori is prepared in the days before the new year. The reasons behind this custom are two: first, to give everyone time to rest and enjoy the holidays but also to not disturb the gods with the commotion of cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Osechi-ryori is meant to be a feast not only for the taste buds but also for the eyes: the traditional new year&#8217;s dishes are beautifully arranged in tiered lacquered boxes. And while some of the dishes may vary depending on which part of the country you are in, there are a few elements that are always present. These are dishes with special symbolics that when eaten are supposed to bring the family health, many children, abundant crops, deep roots, and stamina for work.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Hatsumode: the first for the year visit to the shrine<\/h3>\n<p>And, last but not least important tradition of the new year is\u00a0<em>hatsumode,<\/em> or the first for the year visit to the shrine. Customarily it is done on one of the first three days of the year. The whole family visits their local shrine to make a prayer for a healthy and good year or for the success of whatever special goal they have set to achieve. It is the time to get an\u00a0<em>omikuji,<\/em> or fortune slips that tell what will go well and what one needs to be mindful of during the year. Many people also get an amulet to keep them healthy and to ensure the success of their endeavors. This year for my <em>hatsumode<\/em> I visited the Okuni Tama shrine and took a short video there. I felt that a video will relate better than words the cheerful <em>hatsumode\u00a0<\/em>atmosphere.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The New Year in Japan: Hatsumode, the first visit to the shrine   HD 1080p\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nkEle5gCuSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The New Year&#8217;s in Japan is so different from how the day is celebrated in the West. It doesn&#8217;t have the lively New Year Eve&#8217;s parties and it may seem quiet and as if nothing is happening to those, who do not know what to expect and to look for. I hope this blog brings forward some of the fun and richness of traditions that the Japanese New Year has. There is so much more to be shared about the\u00a0<em>O-Shogatsu <\/em>traditions but I will stop here. 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