New Year2024
What is the zodiac animal this year?
Dragon
What’s your resolution for this year? Share it with us.
Make sure you tell it to us perfectly!
108 strikes mean: A. Lucky number, B. Desires, or C. Buddhist lessons
The answer is B.
What comes after 2024?
The year 2025.
Where can we get a fortune slip?
At shrines
What do we eat during new year holiday instead of rice?
Rice cake
初夢 is the first dream of the New Year. What is considered to be a good omen?
Dreams of Mt. Fuji, a hawk or an eggplant are considered to be good omens for the year.
How much will the price of a stamp will be raised from 84 yen to?
It will be 110 yen.
On what date do we eat the seven herb porridge?
We do on January 7th.
What can’t be used on 鏡開き? A. Hands, B. Knife, C. Mirror
B
What is a New Year’s gift in Japanese?
お年玉
How do we say “大晦日 in English?”
New Year’s Eve
What happened on the evening of the New Year?
The earthquake did.
What is a spiced sake drunk in the celebration of the New Year called?
It’s called Toso.
On what date do we usually practice eating 鏡餅?
We do on January 11th.
What is a fortune slip?
おみくじ
What date shouldn’t we decorate “しめ縄”? Give two dates.
December 29th and 31st
What happened in Haneda airport the next day of the New Year?
The airplane was burning (burned) down.
Why do we fly a kite on New Year holiday?
It is meant for wishes of children’s good health and growth
People use festive chopsticks on New Year days. What do they do before using them?
They write their names on the chopstick wrappers.
What is a Japanese batledore?
羽子板
How many time do Buddhist monks strike the bell on the lat day of the year?
They strike 108 times.
Why do people decorate a sacred rope in front of their doors?
It shows that the house is a sacred place for a god to come in.
What are the mirror shaped rice cakes for?
They are offered to the god in the New Year.
What mustn’t people do on the New Year’s Day?
Cleaning.