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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).
In ancient times, the Lunar New Year is the busiest time of the year in Nuanquan Town. [10] The rich used expensive fireworks to celebrate the festival with the sounds and sparks of explosions, while the poor could not afford it 8. The ironmaking industry in Nuanquan was flourished grounded on the weapon manufacturing, and the blacksmiths there ...
Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and the origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings ...
The fundamental function of the New Year ceremonies is to honor and receive the toshigami (deity), who will then bring a bountiful harvest for farmers and bestow the ancestors' blessing on everyone." After January 15 (or in many instances the 19th) the kadomatsu is burned to appease the kami or toshigami and release them.
Largest Awa Dance Festival outside Tokushima Prefecture, with an average of 188 groups composed of 12,000 dancers. Summer (last weekend of August) Harajuku Omotesandō Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi: Harajuku, Omotesandō, Yoyogi Park, Meiji Shrine: Yosakoi dance festival, with an average of 100 groups. Summer (last weekend of August) Reisai Matsuri
The 73rd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (第73回NHK紅白歌合戦, Dai 73 Kai Enu Eichi Kei Kōhaku Uta Gassen) was the 2022 (Reiwa 4) edition of NHK's New Year's Eve TV special Kōhaku Uta Gassen held on December 31, 2022. The previous year, the broadcast was held from the Tokyo International Forum, due to renovations at NHK Hall.
31 December (solar calendar): Tusinuyuru (New Year's Eve). Amid celebration, garlic is used in different ways (according to local tradition) to banish and keep away evil spirits. ʔWakamizi, the year's first drawn water, is set out as an offering to ancestors. 1 January (solar calendar): Sjoogwachi, (Standard Japanese: Shōgatsu; New Year's Day ...
The company ACT.JT performed a dengaku dance on the terrace of Casa de Vacas in Madrid, spain [5] with the participation of ten Spanish volunteers in a cultural exchange in 2017. This event was performed within the framework of the Spain-Japan Dual Year events. Dengaku in Ōji, Tokyo, 2014.