New Year Celebration In Japan

This is probably one of the most unique ways to bring in the new year in japan.

New year celebration in japan. This festival invites kitsune fox spirits to dress up as humans and engage in dancing festival food even fox themed alcohol and parades. The oji fox parade takes place at oji inari jinja close to oji station tokyo metro namboku line jr keihin tohoku line in kita ku. But here s where the similarities between japan and other countries drift apart.

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. With celebrations extending until january 3rd new year in japan is largely a quiet solemn family affair. Just as it is in dozens of countries jan.

The traditional winter holiday for the japanese is oshogatsu literally first month or new year. Since 1873 the official japanese new year has been celebrated according to the gregorian calendar on january 1 of each year new year s day. Japanese new year celebrations are quite different from typical western ones.