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More people travelling in Japan for the New Year’s holiday than last year, survey says

• Katie Pask
  Dec 31, 2021
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Less people want to spend the New Year’s holiday at home, according to the survey.

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• (coronavirus • culture • hatsumode • hinode • new year • New Year's Day • survey • travel)

Sanrio announces eight kinds of 2022 fukubukuro lucky bags featuring Hello Kitty and pals

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 23, 2021

In the blink of an eye 2021 has flown by and another slew of lucky bags we must justify.

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• (fukubukuro 2022 • Kawaii • lucky bags 2022 • new year • Sanrio)

Lineup for end of year Kohaku Song Battle 2021 revealed

• Katie Pask
  Nov 21, 2021

The New Years’ television special announced the cast for this year’s battle.
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• (end of year • Japanese music • Japanese TV • KAT-TUN • Kohaku • Kohaku Uta Gasen • LiSA • music • new year • TV • TV show • yoasobi)

Bluefin tuna fish sells for bargain low price of roughly US$200,000 in Tokyo auction

• Katie Pask
  Jan 7, 2021

The first auction of the year took place despite Tokyo’s ongoing battle with coronavirus.

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• (auction • bluefin tuna • culture • fish • food • ginza onodera • new year • sushi • Sushi Zanmai • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • tuna)

Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki creates coronavirus character to wish fans a Happy New Year

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2021

Miyazaki’s son Goro also pens a new illustration for fans of the Ghibli Museum.

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• (anime • art • Ghibli • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • nengajo • new year • New Year's cards • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Huge crowds go to Japanese temples on New Year to “pray for things to return to normal”

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 2, 2021

The only thing thicker than the crowds is the irony.

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• (atsuta shrine • coronavirus • COVID-19 • hatsumode • kanda shrine • new year • New Year 2021 • shrines)

Ring in the New Year with Baskin-Robbins Japan’s adorable Pokémon ice cream dishes

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 18, 2020

Buy a take-home ice cream selection, receive adorable Pokémon merchandise!

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• (31 Flavors • Baskin Robbins • cute • food • ice cream • kitchenware • new year • New Year's • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • tableware)

Starbucks Roastery Tokyo releases lucky Japanese dolls to end the pandemic in the New Year

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2020

Plague-ending talismans made by a fifth-generation Kyoto doll craftsman. 

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• (craftsmanship • Japanese dolls • Japanese New Year • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Happy New Year from SoraNews24!

• SoraNews24
  Jan 1, 2020

A new decade dawns, heralding the start of a very big year for Japan and its rat-folk.

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• (happy new year • new year • new year 2020 • year of the rat)

Ikea fukubukuro lucky bag gives us 10,000 yen worth of goods for 3,000 yen

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2019

One of the best bargains of the year. 

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• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • furniture • ikea • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • new year • shopping)

Man strips, makes it rain atop stone lantern at Ise Jingu shrine in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2019

New Year’s Eve gets out of hand at Japan’s most holy shrine.

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• (crime • Ise Jingu • Mie Prefecture • new year • New Year's Eve • news • Okage Yokocho • police • shrines • stone lanterns)

Naomi Osaka v Kei Nishikori: Tennis pros play with Japanese bats in Nissin cup noodles commercial

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2019

Osaka turns into a kimono-clad anime character halfway through the clip.

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• (commercials • Eggplant Man • hanetsuki • instant noodles • Japanese commercials • Naomi Osaka • Nasubi • nengajo • new year • Nissin • ramen • tennis • videos • YouTube)

Starbucks Japan fukubukuro lucky bag brings us merch and coffee to kick off 2019

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2019

Exclusive Starbucks merchandise you can’t buy in stores.

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• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Japanese police requests train stations in Shibuya to shut exits during New Year countdown

• Koh Ruide
  Dec 30, 2018

Measures to reduce problems related to overcrowding have ramped up this year.

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• (celebration • countdown • countdown event • new year • New Year 2019 • overcrowding • Shibuya • Shibuya scramble crossing)

Coca-Cola Japan unveils special New Year’s kimono bottle for 2019 with hidden boar on the packaging

• Oona McGee
  Nov 30, 2018

Limited-edition bottle celebrates the upcoming Year of the Boar.

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• (2019 • Coca-Cola • Coke • drinks • kimono • limited edition • new year • plum blossoms • souvenirs • Year of the Boar)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2018】KFC Japan fukubukuro makes fried chicken dreams come true

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2018

Colonel Sanders has been kind to his finger-lickin’ customers this New Year.

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• (COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2018 • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • Lucky Bag Roundup 2018 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2018 • new year • SNOJ)

Ginza Cozy Corner unveils cute range of osechi New Year cakes featuring lucky Japanese symbols

• Oona McGee
  Dec 29, 2017

There are more than a dozen cakes in the new collection, all served with sweet toppings that reflect centuries of meaning and symbolism.

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• (cakes • cute • Ginza Cozy Corner • Japanese New Year • new year • New Year's • New Year's Day • sweets • Year of the Dog)

Japanese shrine maidens in Osaka spotted wearing unusual costumes during winter

• Oona McGee
  Jan 23, 2017

One shinto shrine is making news around Japan for dressing their miko in a garment many had never seen before.

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• (clothes • costumes • gravure • miko • models • Montbell • new year • New Year's • Osaka • shinto • shrine maidens • shrines • winter)

Japanese singer wishes fans a Happy New Year with traditional version of Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

Tradition meets the world of viral videos in a PPAP tribute that’s perfectly Japanese.

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• (funny • Masashi Sada • new year • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • videos)

KFC Japan reveals New Year’s box for 2017, seeks total domination over festive period

• Evie Nyan
  Dec 28, 2016

After making “Kentucky Fried Christmas” a thing, KFC continues to bring out New Year’s boxes to compete with traditional osechi cuisine

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• (KFC • new year • osechi)

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