Happy New Year Japan

That s because christmas here is like halloween just another fun holiday without much traditional or cultural let alone religious significance the traditional winter holiday for the japanese is oshogatsu literally first month or new year.

Happy new year japan. The japanese custom of sending written new year s greetings dates back to at least the heian era 794 1185 when the nobility started to write such letters to people who lived too far away for the usual face to face new year greetings. Happy new year. Sending nenga greeting cards to friends and family is a very popular new year s tradition.

They literally mean happy new year and congratulations for the new. In japan after the 25th of december it s as if christmas never happened. How to say happy new year in japanese.

The new year is called oshôgatsu お正月. 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 元日 ganjitsu 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. All the following expressions roughly translate as happy new year choose any of them to begin your card.

The saying is listed in kanji or japanese letters on the left and in romaji the writing of japanese in roman characters on the right. To everyone this is the time to prepare gifts and wishing cards for your beloved ones your relatives your friends your colleagues. Nenga are new year s greetings.

Yoi otoshi o 良いお年を from january 1. So at this time of year in japan the post office makes a special effort to ensure everyone s nenga are delivered on new year s day. New year japan traditional foods.

Akemashite omedetô gozaimasu 明けましておめでとう ございます. When japan s postal service followed europe s lead and created postcards in 1871 they were the perfect. The new year in particular is the most important time of the year in japan equal to the christmas or the yuletide season in the west.