Here is our annual guide to help you understand New Year customs in Japan. 2025 is the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Around midnight on New Year’s Eve, you may hear bells peal in ...

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The New Year’s Eve countdown event at Shibuya’s scramble crossing, a hugely popular tourist spot in Tokyo, has been canceled for the fifth consecutive year. The decision was made by the event ...

Be careful when trying this at home, and remember to chew. Most New Year's Eve menus in Japan will include toshikoshi soba, with diners enjoying a bowl as they look back at the year that was and ...

As the clock strikes midnight Dec. 31, the world starts to celebrate the New Year. This celebration often includes traditions ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated ...

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued warnings about annually. Eating mochi on and around the New Year is ...

31 (UPI) --New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the ... showing the massive fireworks display. In Japan, a large light display lit up a building in Tokyo with the words "Happy New ...

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