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Shinnen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu. New Years in Japan

January 1, 2010 By Linda Sherman 5 Comments

新年あけましておめでとうございます!

In Japan up until midnight December 31, we say “yoi o’toshi wo”(良いお年を) (Have a good New Year) which is the simple version of: Yoi otoshi o omukae kudasai (良いお年をお迎えください)

After midnight and for the next week, we say “Shinnen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu” – ‘A New Year has opened, congratulations’ 新年開けましておめでとうございます!

Followed by “Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegaishimasu” ‘Please treat me kindly again this year’

Businesses close from about December 28 to January 4th ‘depending on how the day of the week falls’.

There are no wild parties on New Year’s eve. The thing to do is to visit a temple with huge throngs of other visitors.

As we watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV from a nice warm room, the Japanese televise the crowds decked out in their kimonos at Meiji Shrine.

At the shrine, there is the opportunity to pick up one’s official fortune and burn the important objects you picked up at the temple the previous year in a big bonfire.

The next day there is a New Year’s Day feast at home.

Temple visits continue for several days, you might hit one in Tokyo then a different one near your family’s home in another city.

Kimono-girl
Photo by Ray Gordon at Meiji Shrine


This article links to an audio clip I made on how to pronounce “karaoke” properly that includes the basic vowel sounds.

Getting ready to get out and enjoy New Year’s American style.

Happy New Year!!

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Filed Under: Japan Tagged With: Happy New Year, Japanese New Year, New Year in Japan

About Linda Sherman

Boomer Tech Talk Managing Editor, Linda Sherman is passionate about senior health care and healthy longevity. Start-ups and board service in this field are of interest. Linda has a distinguished background of international subsidiary CEO/CMO experience. These include CEO Club Med Japan, Barilla Japan and CMO Wal-Mart Japan. After setting up Coors Japan, Linda devised and implemented an innovative guerrilla-marketing plan for ZIMA in Japan that produced a lasting, profitable success. Linda Sherman has been featured and quoted in Forbes, The New York Times, Christian Monitor and other leading publications. Connect with Linda on Twitter and Instagram @LindaSherman.

Comments

  1. Thomas says

    December 30, 2015 at 6:04 am

    Nice explanation of distinctions for New Year expressions. Domo domo.

    Reply
    • Linda Sherman says

      April 13, 2016 at 10:18 pm

      Very pleased to hear it was helpful. Thank you Thomas!

      Reply
  2. Duan Damais says

    January 2, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    This article helped me in sending my Japanese friends proper new years greetings.

    After reading about who wrote it, I am compelled to learn more from her beyond language.

    Reply
    • Linda Sherman says

      April 13, 2016 at 10:19 pm

      Very kind of you Duan!

      Reply
  3. Tim says

    January 5, 2022 at 2:29 pm

    Thanks for the kanji. Also, the romaji for ございますis gozaimasu.

    Reply

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