New Year Japanese Decorations
Kadomatu かどまつ 門松 kadomatsu are a pair of pine decorations which are placed in front of the gates of houses and buildings from january 1st to the 7th.
New year japanese decorations. Pine tree branches and sprays of plum trees are fastened to the bamboo poles with a new. A kadomatsu 門松 gate pine is a traditional japanese decoration as yorishiro of the new year placed in pairs in front of homes to welcome ancestral spirits or kami of the harvest. Hagoita decorations 羽子板 hagoita is a rectangular wooden paddle originally used to play hanetsuki a type of traditional japanese badminton.
Japanese new year decorations. They are called kadomatsu 門松. Japanese new year decoration ideas a beautiful kadomatsu.
Today they are used as traditional new year s decorations believed to drive away evil spirits away just like you would hit a badminton feather you d hit evil away. Japanese shops and stores are decorated with traditional style decor ideas such as with ornaments made of pine plum trees and. 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.
Pelican at flickr through creative commons licensing. First at the gate of the house or at the door if they don t have a gate you see a pair of bamboo pine leaves ornaments. Traditionally it was made with two mochis rice paste rounded stacked one on top of the other and above all a tangerine or japanese bitter orange called daidai 橙.
Shime kazari decoration supposedly are derived from shime nawa braided rope. Japanese new year celebrations are quite different from typical. Kadomatsu are an integral part of the japanese new year s celebrations.
Kadomatsu usually consist of three bamboo poles of different lengths which are cut diagonally. A very traditional new year s activity is preparing the mochi yourself on new year s day. Kado menas gate and matsu means pine tree.