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Yoshiki and Kiss to perform together again on Japan’s New Year’s Eve music extravaganza Kohaku
- Master Blaster
Dec 18, 2019 - Tweet
NHK wanted the best, they got the best.
- Japan
- (Kiss • Kohaku Uta Gasen • music • New Year's • NHK • rock • TV • X Japan • Yoshiki)
Japan’s bonenkai parties are the worst thing about the end of the year. Here’s how to fix them
- Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2019
The most hated forced social activity of the year in Japan could be changed to make everyone happier, Twitter user says.
- Japan
- (bonenkai • COK • end of the year parties • New Year's • society • working in Japan)
Disney’s Japanese New Year’s plushies and figures are ready to make oshogatsu cuter than ever
- Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2019
Mickey, Minnie, Pooh, and even Baymax turn into traditional symbols of good luck and the Chinese Zodiac to help ring in 2020.
- Japan
- (Chinese zodiac • culture • cute • daruma • Disney • Disney Store • kagami mochi • Mickey Mouse • New Year's • New Year's 2020 • oys • plushies • Year of the Mouse)
KFC Japanese New Year’s cards give you free fried chicken to start 2020 off right!
- Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2019
KFC gets into Japan’s nengajo tradition in a finger-licking way.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • culture • fast food • food • free food • fried chicken • KFC • nengajo • New Year's • New Year's cards)
Seiji shares a very special tip to keep warm and have fun in the Japanese New Year
- Master Blaster
Jan 8, 2019
Our esteemed writer brings us a new twist on the classic sweetness of amazake.
- Japan
- (amazake • disaster preparedness • drinks • faucet • New Year's • plastic bottles • Seiji Nakazawa)
Seiji buys an Armani lucky bag worth almost US$300, models his clothing catch
- Krista Rogers
Jan 7, 2019
What could a lucky bag featuring one of the world’s most luxury brands possibly contain?
- Japan
- (Armani • fukubukuro 2019 • lucky bag • luxury brand • New Year's • Seiji • SNJO)
Tokyo Disneyland rings in Japanese New Year with special parades, kimono, and a flatulent pig
- Krista Rogers
Jan 4, 2019
Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea celebrate the Year of the Boar in style with a fan-favorite Disney character in the limelight.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Disney • New Year's • Pumbaa • Tokyo • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • Year of the Boar)
Learn how to do Japanese New Year’s the right way and avoid bad luck
- Katy Kelly
Jan 4, 2019
These six New Year’s taboos mean you’ll be doing a lot less cooking, fighting and random spending at the start of the year.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • good luck • New Year's • society • taboos • traditions)
Shibuya Scramble Crossing New Year’s Eve Countdown event report【Pics & Videos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 3, 2019
Crowds gathered at the city’s most famous intersection for a massive street party as police looked on.
- Japan
- (Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • marketing • New Year's • New Year's Eve • news • nintendo • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • Shibuya scramble crossing • Super Mario • Tokyo)
Japan’s most dangerous New Year’s food causes death once again in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jan 2, 2019
Nearly a dozen Tokyoites rushed to hospital before dinnertime on New Year’s Day.
- Japan
- (crazy • food • mochi • New Year's • osechi • ozoni • rice cakes • sad)
Workers’ mental health more important than 2 million yen as ramen chain closes for New Year’s
- Casey Baseel
Dec 31, 2018
500-restaurant chain closes all branches to give employees’ time to spend with families at New Year’s.
- Japan
- (culture • food • moving • New Year's • overwork • ramen • restaurants • society • touching • working in Japan)
132 hours of a fixed camera on creepy dolls to be broadcast live on Japanese video site
- Master Blaster
Dec 28, 2018
Ring in the new year by getting into a staring contest with a pair of dark, soulless eyes for five-and-a-half days.
Starbucks Japan releases New Year’s mugs and travel cups featuring lucky cats, daruma and Mt Fuji
- Oona McGee
Dec 28, 2018
Adorable Japanese drinkware range pays homage to traditional Japanese motifs and traditions.
- Japan
- (cups • cute • drinks • drinkware • Japanese New Year • Kawaii • mugs • New Year 2018 New Year 2019 • New Year's • NYE • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Flush with New Year’s present cash, Japanese kids can now look forward to…saving it
- Casey Baseel
Feb 2, 2018
No need to worry about them spending it all in one place when they aren’t going to spend any of it.
- Japan
- (kids • money • New Year's • otoshidama • Parenting • society)
Best New Year’s idea ever: Japanese Twitter user opens jar of past year’s “saved happy memories”
- Scott Wilson
Jan 8, 2018
Start your own now, because we’re going to need it by the end of 2018!
Six things to avoid doing in the first three days of the Japanese New Year to have the best luck
- Dale Roll
Jan 5, 2018
Keep on the good side of the gods (and maybe cows and pigs too) with these tips.
At what age should parents stop giving kids New Year’s otoshidama money? Japanese netizens answer
- Scott Wilson
Jan 5, 2018
It turns out these envelopes of money can be quite controversial.
- Japan
- (culture • Japanese culture • money • New Year's • otoshidama • Parenting)
Temple bell tolling on Japanese New Year’s Eve gets rid of evil desires, but not complaints
- Koh Ruide
Jan 4, 2018
No matter how much good it brings, the sound of a humongous bell struck 108 times might be too much for some people.
【Lucky Bag Roundup 2018】McDonald’s Japan brings out exclusive goodies for customers this New Year
- Oona McGee
Jan 4, 2018
These are some of the cutest McDonald’s items we’ve ever seen!
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2018 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2018 • Lucky Bags • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • New Year's • SNOJ)
Mochi continues to be Japan’s deadliest New Year’s food, causes two deaths in Tokyo on January 1
- Casey Baseel
Jan 2, 2018
Often considered a symbol of longevity, mochi annually brings about sudden deaths.
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