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In Japanese culture, a hatsuyume (Japanese: 初夢) is the first dream one has in the new year.Traditionally, the contents of such a dream would foretell the luck of the dreamer in the ensuing year.
The Japanese New Year (正月, Shōgatsu) is an annual festival that takes place in Japan. 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 ) .
[1] [2] [3] In Zen temples it is performed at midnight on New Year's Eve to ward off bad luck from the northeastern direction (see Devil's gate (superstition) ). Joya no Kane was a haiku theme in the Edo period , but it was not until the 1930s that it was adopted as a kigo (haiku season word) and became a more common haiku theme.
Hatsumōde (初詣, hatsumōde) is one of the major Japanese traditions of the new year, which is the first visit to a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine visit of the Japanese New Year. [1] Typically taking place on the first, second, or third day of the year, it is meant to bring a fresh start to the year.
Kagami mochi (鏡餅, "mirror rice cake") is a traditional Japanese New Year decoration. It usually consists of two round mochi (rice cakes), [1] ...
Hamaya (Japanese: 破魔矢, lit. evil-destroying arrow) is a type of arrow given at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples as a Japanese New Year's talisman or sacred tool. It is often paired with a bow called a hama yumi (破魔弓). New Year's Day decoration for a family with a baby boy
Ōmisoka (大晦日) or ōtsugomori (大晦) is a Japanese traditional celebration on the last day of the year. Traditionally, it was held on the final day of the 12th lunar month. With Japan's switch to using the Gregorian calendar at the beginning of the Meiji era, it is now used on New Year's Eve to celebrate the new year.
Ryukyu New Year is a traditional New Year in the Ryukyu Islands (the Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan).The mainland of Japan fully uses the Gregorian calendar after the Meiji Restoration, but the Ryukyu Islands still celebrate the New Year on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar.