Japanese Happy New Year Card

All the following expressions roughly translate as happy new year choose any of them to begin your card.

Japanese happy new year card. Yoi otoshi o 良いお年を from january 1. So knowing how to say happy new year in japanese is probably the most important phrase you can learn if you plan to visit this country which is steeped in social custom and norms. There are two ways of saying happy new year.

The new year is called oshôgatsu お正月. The cards are sent to friends and family as well as to people you have work connections with. If you post your cards in japan before the cut off date in late december the postal service guarantees to deliver them on january 1st.

Wish your friends and family by these beautiful cards and send warm new years wishes for a glorious coming year. Shinnen omedetô gozaimasu 新年おめでとう ございます. Happy new year.

They literally mean happy new year and congratulations for the new. 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. In japan greeting people with appropriate japanese words is very important.

Japanese new year cards have not only the purpose to wish a happy new year but also enable the people who receive cards to take part in a lottery using the numbers that are printed on the back of each and every card. 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. 60 off with code lastchance60.

Every year japanese households send and receive new year s postcards called nengajō 年賀状. Similar to the western custom of sending christmas cards in japan there is a tradition of sending new year s greeting cards called nengajo 年賀状 since they are nowadays written on postcards they are also known as nenga hagaki 年賀はがき or new year s postcards. It s time to celebrate japanese new year.