Come New Year's Eve, Tokyo is usually filled with incredible parties and countdown celebrations. While the countdown event at Shibuya Crossing has been cancelled yet again this year, there are ...

Getting home on New Year's Eve in Tokyo could be tricky. The good news is, some train lines in Greater Tokyo usually add extra late-night services to their timetables in order to accommodate the ...

From iconic cherry blossom festivals to dazzling summer fireworks and regional celebrations, this guide ensures you catch the best events during your visit. Hatsumode in Tokyo: 5 Recommended Places to ...

8’s primary trio stops to pray for the New Year in the hatsumode tradition. Production I.G That series is returning this year, and we’ve already been treated to the first piece in the series.

The tradition of “Hatsumode” involves visiting shrines to pray for good fortune in the year ahead. In Italy, people throw things out the window to make room for new. In Brazil, revelers don ...

MCU- Senior woman and her daughter praying at a Japanese temple for Hatsumode MCU- Senior woman and her daughter praying at a Japanese temple for Hatsumode. Shot in 5K. Okayama, Japan sunday worship ...

Otoshidama is often gifted during the first few days of the New Year (from Hatsumode, the first shrine visit, to January 3) but can also continue throughout the month of January. Otoshidama is ...

Tonight many will go to temples or shrines, called “hatsumode.” At Shinto shrines, worshippers arrive from midnight through the next morning to express gratitude and protection for the new year.