十二月三十一日（jyunigatsu sanjyuichi nichi）： December 31

The last day of 2010. How was your 2010? Mine was busy.

New year's eve is the day for cleaning. I cleaned the house and washed my car.
At night I watched the 61st Kohaku uta gassen(紅白歌合戦), literally red white song battle, on TV. This is a very popular song show broadcast on new year's eve. Red is for women's team, white is for men's team. It lasts for more than 4 hours. This year white won again. Congratulations!

After that I ate noodle, which is called toshikoshi soba (年越し蕎麦). It is a costom of new year's eve.

十二月三十日（jyunigatsu sanjyu nichi）： December 30

There are only 2 days left.
At night there was a live TV program The 52nd Japan Record Award. It used be on air on December 31, but since 2006 it has been held on December 30.
It is one of the most famous music award ceremony in Japan which started in 1959.
When I was young, it was my favorite program, but I have not watched it for a long time. This year I watched half of them.
The vocal and dance unit "Exile" got the 52nd Japan Record Award for "I Wish For You." They became the three-year straight winner. Besides them there was only one artist that received the prize for three-year straight.
Congratulations!

十二月二十九日（jyunigatsu nijyuku nichi）： December 29

Many people have the year-end and New Year holidays from today to January 3. This period is called nenmatsu nenshi (年末年始). Nenmatsu is year-end, nenshi is beginning of the year.
Some people go abroad such as Guam or Hawaii to spend their holidays to relax at the beach, others go home to meet their families. So railroads and express ways are crowded. This is called kisei rush (帰省ラッシュ).