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| rdfs:comment | - The Japanese celebrate New Year's Day on January 1 each year on the Gregorian calendar. Before 1873, the date of the Japanese New Year(正月shōgatsu) was based on the Chinese lunar calendar and celebrated at the beginning of spring, just as the contemporary Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese New Years are celebrated to this day. However, in 1873, five years after the Meiji Restoration, Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar, so the first day of January is the official New Year's Day in modern Japan. It is considered by most Japanese to be one of the most important annual festivals and has been celebrated for centuries with its own unique customs.
- A common way of celebrating the New Year is Hatsumōde; the year’s first trip to a shrine or temple. Many people visit a shrine after midnight on December 31 or sometime during the day on January 1st. If the weather is good, people often dress up or wear kimono. At midnight on December 31st, Buddhist temples all over Japan ring their bells a 108 times to symbolize the 108 human sins in Buddhist belief. The action is meant to symbolize the cleansing of these sins and the 108 worldly desires regarding sense and feeling in every Japanese citizen.
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| abstract | - The Japanese celebrate New Year's Day on January 1 each year on the Gregorian calendar. Before 1873, the date of the Japanese New Year(正月shōgatsu) was based on the Chinese lunar calendar and celebrated at the beginning of spring, just as the contemporary Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese New Years are celebrated to this day. However, in 1873, five years after the Meiji Restoration, Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar, so the first day of January is the official New Year's Day in modern Japan. It is considered by most Japanese to be one of the most important annual festivals and has been celebrated for centuries with its own unique customs.
- A common way of celebrating the New Year is Hatsumōde; the year’s first trip to a shrine or temple. Many people visit a shrine after midnight on December 31 or sometime during the day on January 1st. If the weather is good, people often dress up or wear kimono. At midnight on December 31st, Buddhist temples all over Japan ring their bells a 108 times to symbolize the 108 human sins in Buddhist belief. The action is meant to symbolize the cleansing of these sins and the 108 worldly desires regarding sense and feeling in every Japanese citizen.
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