Today is New Year's Eve, and we call it "Omisoka" in Japanese. It's a Japanese tradition when most Japanese clean the whole house to greet the new year. In my case. I cleaned our cars all day while my wife cleaned the house gate and all the windows. Since our kids got to work even on New Year's Eve, we are getting together this evening and going to have dinner and watch a movie, Top Gun Maverick, through Amazon Prime. About seven more hours to go until New Year's Day. In my family, we make sure we eat Toshikoshi soba which means needles in Japanese. This tradition allows us to ring in the new year and ring out the old year with temple bells. Every year, we eat our meals back to back at dinner time, so there is very little room left for needles. Enjoy your New Year's Eve and Happy New Year.