How Japanese celebrate New Year! 日本のお正月 (2015年)
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This is how we celebrate the New Year, Japan's biggest holiday of the year, in my country. :)
Vocabulary:
Oshougatsu お正月
Kagami mochi 鏡餅
Zouni 雑煮
Osechi おせち
Nengajou 年賀状
Otoshidama お年玉
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"So I hope she never gets married." Ahahahahahaha
:b -J
XD I would probably wish the same
he's being mean to his sister :P
Japan needs the kids so I hope she gets married and has two for every one Rachel and Jun have. Of course, that only works if Rachel and Jun have at least one. ;^)
I laughed at that too xD hahaha!
My Japanese teacher showed this video to my class to teach us about how Japan celebrated the New Year.
That's awesome!! :D :D :D
He deserves commission. haha
Golden Dove 4 years later and my Japanese teacher used the same video lmao
5 years later and my Japanese teacher showed us this video too!
Same
Very nice and informative video guys. Good to see Jun more involved in a video. I would love to see another "cooking with Jun" video at some point. Thanks for posting.
He wants to make them, too! He's just super busy with work. :( Even with these two weeks off for the holidays we only had one free day to enjoy together. >_
I understand, work of course comes first. It was his cooking videos that first got me watching you guys.
I'd love to see more of these
Rachel & Jun What does Jun do for work? Sorry if this has been answered before, I'm just wondering! It was such a big surprise to find out about Rachel's military service that I hadn't considered Jun's job before now.
すごく上手に紹介してる！(^_^) We wrote 200 Nengajou cards...and received the same numbers.I hope I win the lottery!!
For whatever reason, I totally didn't realize that cards had lottery numbers. After three New Years in Japan, I only figured it out this year :D
Also, this is an AWESOME video! It's super informative. Go Jun~!
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"i hope she never gets married" part got me! 😂😂😂😂
I'm from Sweden, and our biggest holiday is probably christmas, however my favourite is easily midsummer!
Midsummer marks the beginning of our five-week summer holiday and usually people are really happy and excited about the coming summer days! There are no strict rules on how to celebrate midsummer, and a lot of people celebrate differently. For example my mother loves midsummer, but my father barely celebrates at all! :)
During midsummer people rise maypoles that you cover in flowers and leaves and then dance around whilst singing silly songs! The most famous song is probably "Small frogs, small frogs, are funny to look at. Small frogs, small frogs, are funny to look at. No ears, no ears, no tails they have." But like I said earlier, a lot of people don't dance around the maypole and that's fine!
During midsummer the traditional food is pickled herring with sour cream, chives, potatoes and egg, and I think this is what most people eat. But I've had sandwiches, barbeque, fish and other things during midsummer. You can really eat whatever you want :)
Some people wear traditional swedish clothing during midsummer, some dress up really nicely and some just wear a regular pair of shorts and a tshirt :D
AND THE BEST PART:
FLOWER CROWNS!
During midsummer people, mostly females, make and wear flower crwons from real flowers and put on their heads! It's so pretty and wonderful and I just love it! My mother usually make one for me, one for my sister, and one for herself. I have loads of childhood memories from when my mother was sitting on our balcony making flowercrowns and I was sitting next to her, holding the scissor ready to assist whenever I could.
I love midsummer so much
Sound like a lot of fun, wished my country celebrated a holiday at summer. That will unfortnantly not happen since its too cold here.
From your lovely neightbour
-Canada Junior
Bra skrivet! :D
Yes, well said - we have the same in Denmark as well, and its my favorite time of year as well. ^_~
"Midsummer marks the beginning of our five-week summer holiday". - You make it sound way too general. It might mark the beginning of *your* five-week summer holiday, but others might not choose these specific weeks. Some'll choose to take time off starting in early june, some in late july or even august, and some will "save" a couple of weeks for the winter. Only certain fields and work places will shut down entirely and have everyone go on vacation during this specific time.
I agree with you on everything else though. :) /fellow swede
That sounds a little like may day in england. Its not a big celebration but it marks the begining of spring and children from local schools dance around the may pole during a festival with stalls and food. At 6 am morris dancers dance around a statue and place a flower crown on the head. A girl from the school near by is crowned the may fair queen and is placed in a kind of chariot elevated by people. Morris dancers dance for her and the crowd watching she also gets crowned with a flower crown. Boys don't participate in the maypole dancing but have their own dance the sword dance. Wooden sticks that are sword shaped are woven together to create a star shape and is traditionally peformed by boys although in the year i was in school there were not enough boys to perform it so me and another girl got to be in the sword dance as well
I'm Mexican... we make celebrations out of any occasion, doesn't have to be a holiday. n_n
Neto del Toro Don’t you have dia be Los muertos?
Neto del Toro thats true 💀
I just realized that we watched this video in Japanese class last year!! I didn't know it was you guys!!!
The biggest one in Spain would probably be the 6th of January, the day of the three kings. Children get presents on that day ( in Spain we don't get christmas presents on christmas, for us the three kings bring the presents ) - but as I was raised in Germany, we only spend time with our family on that day. The biggest event though probably would be the lottery on new years. There's probably not a single person who doesn't participate. I know some spanish people here in Germany which even order some tickets to Germany to be part of the lottery. 😂
Ooo a nationwide lottery! How much is the prize usually? :D
Erm... the lottery this year was 100million €, but you can't win like the whole amount. You always buy like 1 10th of the whole price with one ticket - which still is like a looooooot when you win 😂 there are a looooot people who won a loooot money during that time 😍
Rachel & Jun This year the first price was 4.000.000 €
Oh, really? Oops, sorry 👐 then my grandpa told me something wrong, haha 😂
Well, I'm not an expert :P never bought a ticket. I just wrote what I saw in the lottery webpage :D If you can read spanish:
www.abc.es/loteria-de-navidad/premios.html
Maybe I got it wrong :P
Happy new year :)
I spent New Year's Eve on top of 高尾山 we climbed up for midnight and stayed until "sunrise". But the sunrise was blocked by the biggest cloud I've ever seen in my life. It was still a pretty awesome experience!
Awww! Stacking it on top of the cat at the beginning! XD
That's cool how it's the biggest holiday in Japan
Dear Rachel & Jun, I’ve been struggling to find my cultural identity. I’m half Asian, (quarter Japanese) & half White. I’ve been drawn to Japanese culture for most of my life, especially in my adult years, & it’s thanks to videos like yours that I’m able to learn and celebrate it easier. Thanks, & Happy New Year’s Eve! 🌸
I'm from Morocco and the biggest holiday in my country is called "Eid El Adha" where we sacrifice a sheep and give a quarter of it to the poor. It is the one holiday when we reaaaaally eat a lot of meat. By the way my favorite new year TV show is Gaki no Tsukai's "Waratte wa Ikenai 24h Batsu Game"
Mine too! They’re hilarious
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I would say as the biggest holiday for us would have to be Dia de los muertos for my family as my mother and father are from a small remote village in mexico. The entire town gathers as a big family and does the whole walking from house to house praying for their dead ancestors. Each house we end up gives us a little offering and then we end up in a church up a hill next to a cemetary and give them all the little food offerings and items we receive to all the deceased. We kinda do the same thing with xmas. Without the cemetary and instead we have a gigantic feast in the church. Its Really neat experience. Nothing like here in the U.S
Oh, what a lovely way to celebrate Día de Muertos. I live in Mexico city and never really celebrated Día de Muertos beyond helping with the ofrenda at school because my family migrated from Ireland and it was not like a thing to us until last year when I los my dearest relatives and have started since to do my own little ofrenda at home for them with their favourite meals and flowwers and candles and stuff... I like it and it makes me feel close to them. I think it is the only holiday I feel in my heart tbh
anyway, I think that the way you celebrate it is awesome!
ありがと！I have been studying 日本語 for the past four years and we just finished a unit on holidays. New Years was one of them of course so I know about the money to kids, but it was so neat to actually see this video about the event. Thank you for being amazing.
The biggest holiday in Puerto Rico is "El día de los reyes". It's like Christmas (which we also celebrate) but on January 6th. Instead of getting presents from Santa Claus, we get presents from the three kings (also called the three wise men) from the nativity story, who brought gifts to baby Jesus. Unlike Christmas, we don't put the presents under the tree. We put them under the kid's beds! And instead of leaving milk and cookies for Santa, we leave grass for the camels. The coolest part is that we have very long winter breaks x)
Come to think of it it’s kind of similar to the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year.
On Chinese New Year we also eat a type of food that’s made from rice, like mochi, but we call it “nian gao” or rice cake. On Chinese New Year we also have great feast with family members. On top of that we also give out money to young children but in red envelopes instead.
The only difference is the day we celebrate. Since lunar calendar is different from western calendars.
Also happy Lunar New Year.
That was really well done!! GO Jun GO!
Diwali is when you eat a lot of sweets and blast firecrackers and get gifts(usually clothes). But I am from south India so it could be different in north India
The biggest holiday in my Country India is Diwali (The festival of lights) & Holi (The festival of Colours)... Love you Jun & Rachel from India... :-)
I don't know why, but "I hope we win" with the picture was incredibly adorable to me.
I'm from Spain and here we love Christmas! All the students and most of workers have a two-week holiday and we have a lot of festivals from 24th of December to 6th of January. We spend a lot of time with the family, visiting relatives and we eat SO much these days xD In New Year's Eve we eat twelve grapes in the last 12 seconds of the year, and if you can eat all of them in 12 seconds means that you will be lucky! Many of spanish people don't give presents in 24-25, here we have "The Three Wise Men" (Los Tres Reyes Magos) that give presents in the night of 5th, and the kids who have been good they get toys and candy, but the "bad" kids get Sweet Coal! (yes, it's edible really sweet!). In 5th of December we also eat a traditional cake: "El Roscón de Reyes" (Twisted Roll of Kings). Inside of the cake there is a little figure, but also a bean.The person who find the bean has to pay the cake, but if you find the little figure, you will be crowned with a paper crown! :D Also, many of Spanish's families make in their houses a "Portal de Belén" (¿something like Nativity scene?) that symbolise the Christ's birth. You don't have to be Christian to build this, in fact, many people who doesn't believe in God build this because it's so funny! And some of them are really realistic! The only thing that I don't like is that in 7th of January we go back to University/School, and children don't have enough time to enjoy their presents! D: (That's why many of parents decide to bring presents on Three Wise Men and also on 25!)
Oh my god Jun's side comments kill me. " I hope we win", "I hope she never gets married"
We have two big holidays in Sweden. Christmas eve and Midsummer eve. On Midsummer eve we celebrate the sunniest day of the year. Where I live in Sweden we get nearly a whole day of sunshine on that day and in the northern parts of Sweden the sun never goes down.
Hahaha I love the stick figure adult is crying since he has to give his money way!!! Loved this video, from the music to the smooth transitions from clip to clip!!!
I like the idea of New Years being the biggest holiday. I live in the US, and I always look forward to New Years because it signifies the end of the old year, and the beginning of a new one. It's a chance to have a clean slate and make positive changes in life. Not that you can't do that at any other time during the year, but New Years eve makes it feel more special.
I'm from Saudi Arabia and our most famous holidays are eid which is a Muslim holiday, and is celebrated 2 times a year: after Ramadan (eid al fitr), and 2 months after the first eid (eid al adha) .
The jist of eid is for family to get together and have fun. We also give children/teens (those who are still in school) money which range from about 1 SR -> 100 SR (1$ -> 25$) , but it usually depends on the family. Candy is one of the main things in eid ; being distributed to the old and the young, but that's just the highlights of it there is much more to be researched about it.
Thanks for reading.
New Year is also a big deal here in Mauritius. Not in a traditional way like in Japan though. It's really about partying like there was no tomorrow lol. Our generation especially always say "To start well the New Year" before opening the champagne ahahah! But I love it! Every year at the beginning of December, the only question we ask ourselves is "what are we gonna do for New Year's Eve?" lol.
Other than that, Christmas is also a big thing, we usually celebrate with the family the 24th and with friends at night, and again with the family the 25th.
Then you have many other things like Diwali (love it!), Easter, the Chinese New Year, our Independence Day of course... So many cultures, so many things to celebrate the whole year!
Awww Leo mochi looks awesome :D Here in Germany the biggest holliday is christmas, I hope you guys had a great new year and have an awesome 2015!
In Tennessee/Alabama, where my family is from, our biggest holiday is Thanksgiving, not just because of the history of the holiday, but because it's the one day in the year that everyone can get together no questions asked. There is always tons of food, games on the TV to watch, board games to play, and other things. As Americans, Thanksgiving is my family's busiest holiday.
sweden here, biggest would be either christmas or midsummers eve. thanks for an awesome video and keep up the good work!
I'm American so it's Christmas. My family spends the twelve days before hand decorating the house, baking sweets, and reading the natvity. The day before we drive all over town looking at Christmas lights.
I'm making this a separate comment, but I hope you guys had a fantastic Holiday!! Thank you for delivering such informative videos on Japan. I really love the content in your guys' channel!!
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Your videos are so amazing!!! I've learn so much about Japan. Greetings from Ecuador!!
In Canada, Christmas is most definitely the biggest holiday! But I like Thanksgiving, too, and "Canada Day" which is on July 1st, same deal as 4th of July, marking our independence from Britain, just 3 days earlier and like 100 years later!
Fellow Canadian here, hello! o/
Actually, Canada Day celebrates the unification of British colonies into one big country: Canada. Technically, we are still today under the Queen ^^;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day
Carolanne Plourde
Lizzy has to keep that empire warm. You never know when you need those colonies for something!
God save the Queen , eh ?
“We have a sticky rice cake” proceeds to put it on the cat :P
I'm from South Africa and New Years is definitely the biggest celebration day here. It's generally spent with either family if you're older or if you're younger, at huge parties that have a countdown till the New Year.
In my country the biggest holiday something called Bozic (christmas eve)... Our tradition makes it a beautiful holiday where we first make our head of the family come in the door with some branches of the oak tree... then we cover him with wheat seeds and he wishes us many fortunes and good health and everything nice ;).... Then he comes into the kitchen and takes those branches on the fire... then sparks fly and wishes again all the best things! Then we have magnificent dinner with national cuisine... Its truly beautiful!
Aw I love this! I'm half Japanese and loved spending New Year's day with the Japanese side of my family every year. Such good food and happy times!
the biggest holidays in ethiopia are christmas (usually in early january because they follow a 13 month calendar), easter if you are christian & fasted, and new years which is on september 11th oddly enough ^^
In the Philippines it's christmas....The playing of Christmas carols in shops can start in September! We also make 'parol' which is a bamboo pole or frame with a lighted star lantern on it. It's traditionally made from bamboo strips and colored Japanese paper or cellophane paper and represents the star that guided the Wise Men. It is the most popular Christmas decoration in the Philippines. We also celebrate Christmas for nine days (well I do at least) starting on December 16th.... Moved to America, christmas is not the same XD
Good video! I used this in one presentation (the topic was the Japanese celebration) .Christmas is the biggest celebration in my country, so I live in Finland.
I'm from the Philippines, the biggest holiday here is Christmas. It's huge, we prepare for Christmas from September and then end Christmas on January 🎅🎅🎅
It must be nice to have a big family like that.
Sounds a thousand times better than my year:( Nice vid hope you both had a great time.
I love when Jun does videos!
recommended in first day 2022, of course
yes MOAR Jun videos!
That is so cool! We celebrate, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years, Independence day, and Valentines Day
Rachelさんjunさんあけましておめでとうございます！今年も動画視聴という形で楽しみ応援できれば幸いです
明けましておめでとうございます！コメント、ありがとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いいたします^^
Good job, you two as always! I didn't notice but actually there weren't many good videos to explain our traditions and customs about New Year. This video means a lot!
考えてみたら日本の正月の伝統や習慣について説明する動画は今まであまりなかったですね。この動画なら正月のことをあまりしらない外国人に対してもわかりやすいですね。＾＾
lol at the line "I hope she never gets married." Too funny. Hope you enjoyed the holidays.
Our biggest festival is Durga puja .In this evryone gives new cloths to their relatives ,sons and friends.We get holiday of five days.Durga goddess is worshiped in temples.
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Rachel looks so pretty with sparkle-like snow in her hair. She looks like a fairy or an angel. ^^
When I was a child living in Puerto Rico at my household our biggest holidays were Christmas (Navidad), New Year's eve (Ano Nuevo), and the Three Kings day (Los Reyes Magos). We usually visited family members have a meal, sing Christmas songs, and dance.
the biggest holiday for me is valentines and thanksgiving ☺️
Here in Canada, Christmas is the biggest holiday in my opinion! Kids get weeks off for holidays and everyone gets Christmas day off. During the whole month of December, every store is decorated with Santas, Christmas trees, Snowmen and lights. It's my favourite holiday!
wow I love japanese culture. I wish I lived there. Cheers from Spain
I am from Brazil and our biggest holiday is Carnival. We celebrate a whole month.
New year's pretty big over here in Scotland too, except we call it Hogmanay. It usually just involves (well in our family anyway) staying up until midnight for the fireworks display at Edinburgh castle then linking arms with everyone and singing 'Auld lang syne'.
Thank you for your video! I'm from Russia and the biggest holiday is new year's holiday, it's from 29th of December to the 9th of January. We also visit our family relatives and friends
In sweden our biggest holiday is "Midsummer", the town you live in often preapes a big celebration for the whole town with music, food, games and alcohol. And we rise a huge cross with loops on each end thats decorated with flowers and leafs, and almost everyone makes an flower crown for themselfs. Its also an old tradition (not many does this anymore) to make a flower bouqett of 7 diffrent flowers, put them under your pillow and you will dream of your future husband/partner. :)
I love all of the videos Rachel and Jun make and this has to be one of my all time favorites. Jun's voice is so calming and Rachel's influence of compiling all the details shines through. Keep it up you two! You both make my day brighter!
In my family, the biggest is definitely christmas, New year and Easter :)
I went to Ofuna-kan'non-ji for New Years. It was beautiful but very busy and cold. It started to snow but people stayed in line to see her. It was the first time I have ever watched a Buddist ceremony and it was in the statue.
Really enjoyed this video, thank you! Sounds very fun! I am not religious, so I think I would prefer to celebrate New Year instead of Christmas.
Happy New Year you five (2+cats)! This year, we're still in lockdown so no family, no visiting friends or anything. It was even difficult getting the Japanese ingredients to make osechi since the buses are not always running and it takes me 2 buses to get to the store that sells Japanese food goods. I did find one Japanese restaurant that was open and doing take away or delivery yesterday so I got some grilled squid, sushi, and some soba soup. Took some over to my 95 year old mom in a locked down retirement community. Hope your new year is full of good luck, good health and good spirits. Hug this furballs of yours.
Happy New Year Rachel & Jun. In my home country of Nicaragua both Christmas and New Years are really big but not as big as what we call Semana Santa (Holy Week or Spring Break). Usually is a week of religious and family festivities. Thank you guys for this channel is really educational and entertaining.
I was a child of a multicultural family, we celebrated things not a lot of people know about, I got gifts on christmas day on Yule and again on the 6th of january, along with candy and money but what I remember the most is having a special table for our departed family members with their pictures and they placed food and everything for them on Christmas and new years.Also writing down the negative things that happened the year before and burning them in a bonfire and saving the ashes so they could be blessed the following day then spread in the river/ocean.I dont do many of those things anymore and there some new traditions I have learned from the place I live in now.
In Poland the biggest holiday is Christmas. We spend this time with our families and eat a lot of fishes and other traditional food. On the New Years Eve we'd rather to go to a party, you know have fun, drink champagne etc. The funniest thing is this, that on first January is nobody outside, everything is closed. I live in the capital city, Warsaw, and on the busiest street the are not any cars.
Happy New Year ツ
In Uruguay, the whole month of December and the first week of January is basically one big holiday because of Christmas and Three Kings Day on the 6th of January. As a matter of fact, a lot of people put up their Christmas decorations on the 8th of December (because of the Virgin Mary) and take them down on the 7th of January (the day after Three Kings Day), and it's considered bad luck to not follow that tradition. It's a month of celebrations all around the country, and it's especially great because it's summer. People often take a week or two off work (paid vacation) to celebrate. There are plays, concerts, and lots of other events. People often go camping, too, and eat as much on Christmas Eve as people in the U.S. do for Thanksgiving. A lot of people celebrate Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day. People used to give presents exclusively on Three Kings Day because they were the ones who brought Jesus gifts. Now, the Kings just leaves small toys and candy in the shoes of children like Santa does under the tree.
So funny to see how it is different from one to another country ! Here in Belgium , we spend Christmas with familly and the new year with friends :) !
Thanks for this video =)
I live in Norway and here christianity is pretty much a huge thing in society so christmas is our main thing. Super cool to hear about New Years in Japan, thanks! :D
That's really cool! I like the fact that they have Snoopy cards. The biggest holiday for my family would either be Christmas, or New Years Day. (Only because January 1st is my birthday)
Here in Canada, specifically Alberta, our biggest holiday is winter. It isn't so much a holiday per se, as we get enough snow and ice to make travel impossible at times, or it gets too cold for vehicles to start. This can usually occur between mid October and late March, but has been known to occur during all months of the year. This holiday typically lasts a few days to a couple of weeks, and occurs approximately twice. First winter occurs between October and December, then we get a period of warmth, followed by second winter between January and March, occasionally into May. Most people do not look forward to this holiday, but it can provide some much needed time off from work or other obligations during hectic times of the year.
Ohh that food looks sooo good!! I'm in the US, so Thanksgiving and Christmas are the big holidays.
I think the most iconic holyday here in Brazil would be the Carnaval or the Festa Junina.
The Carnaval is like a big party, with parades and stuff, and happen at the beggining of the year, on february or march.
The Festa Junina happens on June (it means June's Party) and have some tipical foods and party.
The biggest holiday everyone likes to celebrate in New Zealand is probably the summer/christmas holiday because it's the longest. It's around nearly 2 months from December to February. In New Zealand the seasons are opposite so my family does like a christmas bbq with all our friends and we play in the back yard and do stuff.
In Australia, Christmas tends to be the biggest holiday and it's a family day. In my family we spend the day after Christmas day (Boxing Day) visiting relatives. New Years in Australia is a giant party. In Sydney thousands and thousands of people go to the harbour and wait till midnight and theres awesome fireworks. It gets insanely crowded but the atmosphere is really fun.
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing, Jun!
I love learning about the holidays of different cultures! It's so fascinating! In America, the biggest holiday is probably Christmas but New Years, Easter, Independence Day and Thanksgiving are pretty big too along with smaller ones like Halloween and Valentines Day
And thank you for the clip, it was perfectly informative and entertaining and kinda fluffy - the reason why I subscribed :)
My country's biggest holiday, that's easy July 1st Canada Day. From the West Coast to the East Coast and ever place in between celebrates everything our nation has to offer. The biggest one is in our nations capital Ottawa, up on Parliament Hill.
we watched this in school the other day! i only realised it was u guys just now ! xD
New Years in Japan looks so much fun, all my friends were busy on the eve so all I did was stay home watch the New York event and drink bubbly.
As for Canada, well it's kind of hard to nail a "biggest holiday," I guess there's Christmas but that's more of a Euro-centric big holiday, so I'd say it's probably Canada/Confederation Day, July 1st, the day of the year when the Dominion of Canada was formally established, there are always lots of parades, fireworks, lots of fun in the right places.
Informative video. I watch alot of NHK in london but i don't feel it covers the daily life in japan, thanks for painting a clearer picture.
Vietnam's biggest and most important holiday is definitely Tet aka the Vietnamese New Year. We usually get 9 or 10 days off (I know many people dont get the opportunity to celebrate Tet for many reasons and thats just really sad). We cook many sophisticated dishes like banh chung, gio cha and sticky rice and so many more. We eat and drink A LOT too haha. Children and elderly are given red envelopes which contain lucky money. Children stop receiving lucky money once they turn 18 or get married. Tet is a great occasion for family reunions and to show our ancestors that we worship them. Also we do a thing called 'xong dat' but i dont want to explain it here cos thatll take forever!! Happy New Year everyone!
Nya, I am so excited to do it!!
Sounds almost the same as what I do during Chinese new year except the food of course. I definitely prefer this date because I always find it weird to celebrate new year twice in a row every year.It's close to Christmas too which means I get more consecutive days of holidays. :3
Happy New Year Rachel and Jun! :)
The biggest holiday/s here in the Philippines would be Christmas and/or New Year. Such a long celebration. Decorations, Christmas songs played on the radio, and a lot more about Christmas starts on the 1st "BER" month (September) and last upto the 1st week of January (correct me if I'm wrong) for the Epiphany or to some for the three kings celebration. For beliefs of luck I guess it depends on each household. Like both of my parents have different religion so my dad is kinda traditional, he believes 13 different round fruits served on the table during New Year's eve would bring good luck and fortune for the whole year. My mom's side don't have any particular tradition just the spend your Christmas and New Year with family, prayers, hardwork and love one another thing so we just follow our father's tradition though he does not require us at all, just to make him happy. :) Thanks for sharing this video. I love Japanese culture and most especially, mochi! :D
To everyone, where ever you are in this world I wish you all an abundant year. Happy New Year! :)
Oh my gosh, your cat is so chill! My cats would murder my face if I tried to do the things you to do Leo to them. Is he still that calm when you trim his nails and similar cat related tasks?
Japanese New Years looks like so much fun!
The biggest holiday in Australia, like most westernised countries, is Christmas. It's fun to see all the streets and stores decorated, and watch the various Christmas activities taking place, but since it's Australian summer in December it's a little hard to get into the real Christmas spirit like you see in American and European movies.
Apprt from Christmas, New Year and Easter we don't really have a lot of holidays that are heavily celebrated. There's Australia day, but it's not really a celebration as much as an excuse to have a bbq. I wish we had more holidays :( We're all a nation of party poopers
My favorite part about japanese new years: Gaki no Tsukai 24 hour no laughing batsu games! hahaha, great video, Happy New Year to you Jun, and Rachel too!
I love the video ^.^ and the food looks delicious. The video reminds me of how my relatives would come by for a visit by the dozens.
Being a Native American we don't necessarily have a big holiday, but in my family s-chuk shashani which is my clans name celebrates New Years by having relatives over and eating traditional foods.
Christmas Holiday is the biggest holiday here in Australia. Here's a list of top 10 biggest holidays in Australia in order(Based on how much i've personally seen people celebrate them).
1. Christmas
2. New Years
3. Easter
4. Anzac Day
5. Valentines Day
6. Australia Day
7. Halloween
8. Fathers Day
9. Mothers Day
10. Queens Birthday
I cannot edit my post, it's not working atm, but I was going to add this onto the 10th place. "(Before any other Aussies say bullshit because people don't really celebrate it, it is a public holiday, and quite a lot of people do talk about it. And I couldn't really think of a 10th place)."
Mochi reminded me of Tamako Market 😊.. I really thought Christmas is really popular in Japan, but then again my information comes from manga and anime 😓 anyway happy new year Rachel and Jun. ❤️
Christmas is more of a dating holiday. Jun made reservations for us at a nice place for dinner, and bought me a necklace! *･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･'(*^ ▽ ^*)'･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*
Thank you, and Happy New Year to you, too!
-Rachel
Yeah, there is always a lapse in anime and manga content for a week or so lol. But i knew why, good to know the full details though. Thanks for this vid.
あとお盆🎐もですが、ブラック企業やら年中無休や24h営業で、休めない人も大勢います。
私は年末年始は、広島と山口へ行く予定です。
本当にすごいね―、 ところであけましておめでとう ! ! ! !
明けましておめでとうございます!!!