New Year Decorations In Japan
Shime kazari decoration supposedly are derived from shime nawa braided rope.
New year decorations in japan. Kadomatsu usually consist of three bamboo poles of different lengths which are cut diagonally. That s because christmas here is like halloween just another fun holiday without much traditional or cultural let alone religious significance the traditional winter holiday for the japanese is oshogatsu literally first month or new year. These little round cakes are even used in certain new year s decorations such as the kagami mochi.
From december 26th onward excluding the 29th and 31st for symbolic reasons kadomatsu are placed in front of the entrance ways of most buildings all across japan. There are various types of new year decorations in japan. For the new year families hang a shime kazari しめ飾り decoration which often consists of a shime nawa braided rope and a daidai the native japanese word for the color orange is daidai not orenji a variety of bitter orange at the entrance to their homes.
Kado menas gate and matsu means pine tree. Mrhayata at flickr through creative commons licensing. It s customary for people in japan to say to each other akemashite omedetou gozaimasu or happy new year whenever they see each other for the first time after jan.
Kadomatsu 門松 or pine gates are displayed in pairs at the front of house gates and buildings from january 1st 7th. New year decoration at sensoji temple in tokyo japan. Pine tree branches and sprays of plum trees are fastened to the bamboo poles with a new.
Many japanese have decorations for new years. In addition to greeting one another food plays a huge part in new year celebrations. Japanese new year celebrations are quite different from typical.
Japanese new year decorations. But come january 15th an event known as dondoyaki takes place wherein kadomatsu and other new year s decorations are ritualistically burned. A very traditional new year s activity is preparing the mochi yourself on new year s day.