Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last weeks of the year tend to come with a blend of chaos and ritual in the form of holiday parties, travel, Christmas ...

The new year brings a fresh start, symbolized in some cultures by the cherubic baby New Year who replaces the old year that has come to a close. In Japan, the roly-poly god Hotei, who is often ...

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach is ringing in the new year with a celebration full of tradition, culture and gratitude. The Morikami will host Oshogatsu Weekend: Year of the ...

Photo courtesy of Grace Park. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Keiko Yokota-Carter, a Japanese Studies librarian, said the event strives to bring pieces of Japanese traditions to Ann Arbor, ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Japanese Garden invited visitors to celebrate O-Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year, with a variety of activities on Sunday. “We forget about everything that happened ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – 2025 is gone, and the new year is here. Festivities are coming down slightly, but at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, we are actually continuing the New Year’s celebration ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to a crowd of flag-waving New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday. Standing with his wife Masako and the rest ...

The last weeks of the year tend to come with a blend of chaos and ritual in the form of holiday parties, travel, Christmas shopping, last-minute tasks and setting intentions for the new year. Those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hotei hands out gifts to children. Detail of print by Kuniyoshi Utagawa, 1798-1861, via Wikimedia Commons The new year brings a ...