Japanese Tradition -New Year I'd like to talk about Japanese tradition about New Year holiday. New Year's Day is the most important holiday in Japan, and I think the tradition is very different from

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Japanese Tradition -New Year I'd like to talk about Japanese tradition about New Year holiday. New Year's Day is the most important holiday in Japan, and I think the tradition is very different from American one. I'm going to introduce three aspects of Japanese tradition regarding of new year celebration. First, there are no fireworks. Almost all shops , businesses are closed. People go to their hometown and spend time with their family or relatives. New Year's Day is quiet and calm. Secondly, there are special dishes for new year celebration. For example, on New Year's Eve, many people have soba or buckwheat noodles. This long and thin noodle represents longevity. They wish for a long healthy life eating soba noodles. Another example for special food is Zoni. Zoni is a soup with rice cake and other ingredients which is usually served for New Year's Day breakfast. The last example of new year tradition is visiting shrines or temples. Many people go there during new year holidays and pray their health, success or good luck. Some famous places can be overcrowded. To sum up, Japanese new year tradition has three distinctive aspects. I assume it's kind of combination of Christmas and thanksgiving holiday. People spend time with their family at home relatively quietly, eating special foods, and visiting shrines or temples. I hope you visit Japan during New Year holiday and have a great experience there. Thank you.

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Japanese Tradition -New Year

I'd like to talk about Japanese traditions about surrounding the New Year holiday. New Year's Day is the most important holiday in Japan, and I think the tradition* is very different from the American one.
I'm going to introduce three aspects of Japanese tradition regarding of nNew yYear** celebration.

First, there are no fireworks. Almost all shops and , businesses are closed. People go to their hometown and spend time with their family or relatives. New Year's Day is quiet and calm.

Secondly, there are special dishes for the nNew yYear celebration. For example, on New Year's Eve, many people have soba or buckwheat noodles. This long and thin noodle represents longevity. They wish for a long healthy life eating soba noodles. Another example for special food is Zoni,. Zoni is a soup with rice cake and other ingredients which is usually served for breakfast on New Year's Day breakfast.

The last example of new year tradition is visiting shrines or temples. Many people go there during nNew yYear holidays and pray their health, success or good luck. Some famous places can be overcrowded.

To sum up, Japanese new year tradition has three distinctive aspects. I assume it's kind of combination*** of Christmas and thanksgiving holidays. People spend time with their family at home relatively quietly, eating special foods, and visiting shrines or temples.

I hope you visit Japan during New Year holiday and have a great experience there.
Thank you.

ケイコさん、Very nice. This article is full of culture and good feelings. A few points:

* "tradition" - maybe plural? "traditions are different . . . American ones"

** I'm not sure if "New Years" should be capitalized or not. But you should be consistent. I think each time you use the phrase, you should capitalize it.

*** I like comparisons like this. But a stronger way would be "It includes aspects and elements of Christmas and Thanksgiving." (It's actually also very similar to Jewish New Year observance).

がんばりましょう。

I'd like to talk about Japanese tradition, New Year's holiday, and I think it is very different from the American one. I'm going to introduce three aspects of Japanese tradition regarding new year celebration.

First, there are no fireworks. Almost all shops and businesses are closed. People go to their hometown and spend time with their family or relatives. New Year's Day is quiet and calm.

Second, there are special meals for new year celebration. For example, on New Year's Eve, many people have soba or buckwheat noodles. This long and thin noodle represents longevity. They wish for a long healthy life eating soba noodles. Another example for special food is Zoni. Zoni is a soup with rice cake and other ingredients which are usually served for New Year's Day breakfast.

The last example of new year tradition is visiting shrines or temples. Many people go there during new year holidays and pray for their health, success or good luck. Some famous places can be overcrowded.

To sum up, Japanese new year tradition has three distinctive aspects. I assume it's kind of combination of Christmas and thanksgiving holiday. People spend time with their family at home relatively quietly, eating special foods, and visiting shrines or temples.

I hope you visit Japan during New Year holiday and have a great experience there.

Thank you.

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