A Happy New Year 2014!!
It was fine but very windy today. In the morning we could not see Mt. Fuji but in the evening we could see it somehow.
January 1 is ganjitsu (元日), and its morning is called gantan (元旦).
There is a saying ichinen no kei wa gantan ni ari (一年の計は元旦にあり), "New Year's Day is the key of the year." We should plan of the year in the morning of January 1.
What kind of plans have you made for this year?
I hope to do something that contributes to the world peace.
On January 1 we usually eat osechi ryori (お節料理) and ozoni (お雑煮), typical Japanese new year's dishes.
The pleasure of January 1 is to receive new year's cards called nengajo (年賀状). There are some people that have contact only once a year of this occasion, but I am glad to have many friends with whom I exchange nengajo every year.
Another event of January 1 is to visit the shrine called hatsumode (初詣) to thank last year's good health and happiness and wish this year's fortunate.
For European and American people Christmas must be one of the most important times of the year, for Japanese New Year's Day is one of the most important times of the year. I hope you will have a chance to experience Japanese New Year someday.
It was fine but very windy today. In the morning we could not see Mt. Fuji but in the evening we could see it somehow.
January 1 is ganjitsu (元日), and its morning is called gantan (元旦).
There is a saying ichinen no kei wa gantan ni ari (一年の計は元旦にあり), "New Year's Day is the key of the year." We should plan of the year in the morning of January 1.
What kind of plans have you made for this year?
I hope to do something that contributes to the world peace.
On January 1 we usually eat osechi ryori (お節料理) and ozoni (お雑煮), typical Japanese new year's dishes.
The pleasure of January 1 is to receive new year's cards called nengajo (年賀状). There are some people that have contact only once a year of this occasion, but I am glad to have many friends with whom I exchange nengajo every year.
Another event of January 1 is to visit the shrine called hatsumode (初詣) to thank last year's good health and happiness and wish this year's fortunate.
For European and American people Christmas must be one of the most important times of the year, for Japanese New Year's Day is one of the most important times of the year. I hope you will have a chance to experience Japanese New Year someday.
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