Japanese New Year Celebration
The celebration of the traditional japanese new year is still marked on the same day as the contemporary chinese korean and vietnamese new years.
Japanese new year celebration. But here s where the similarities between japan and other countries drift apart. O sechi ryori is the new year s day feast. However some traditional events of the japanese new year are partially celebrated on the first day of the year on the modern tenpō calendar the last official lunisolar calendar which was used until 1872 in japan.
The official japanese new year is celebrated on the 1st of january according to the gregorian calendar since 1873. 1 is a national holiday in japan. Just as it is in dozens of countries jan.
In japan the new year isn t just another holiday it is widely considered the most important holiday. This annual tradition once required days of meticulous planning and preparation but luckily people can purchase premade o sechi in advance from department stores and restaurants.