Japan Fan Post #049
にほんファンポスト #049
Today I'll be talking a bit about the Japanese New Year's celebration. Japan, unlike most Asian countries uses the Gregorian calendar, which is what the US and England use. So, Japan's New Year's Day is the same as most countries, with the exception of the fact of timezone differences. However, Japan's New Year celebration has some interesting traditions.
今日は日本の新年のお祝いについて少し話をされます。日本は、ほとんどのアジア諸国とは異なり、どのような米国と英国を使用することであるグレゴリオ暦を使用します。だから、日本の元旦は、タイムゾーンの違いの事実を除いて、ほとんどの国と同じです。しかし、日本の新年のお祝いは、いくつかの興味深いの伝統を持っています。
1: Soba (そば)
Soba (そば) noodles are a spaghetti-like, buckwheat-based noodle born from the excess wheat given to Japan from the US after WW2. In Japan, soba noodles have become a part of the New Year tradition, whether you make them at home or go to your favorite soba restaurant. In fact, on New Year's Eve, soba restaurants profit more than at any other time of the year! Soba noodles are long and slender, which is said to bring a long and slender year.
Below: The common soba soup dish eaten on New Year's Eve.
下：大晦日に食べ共通のそばのスープ料理。
Below: A small soba restaurant in Tokyo.
下：東京の小さなそば屋。
#2: Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!
明けましておめでとうございます!
This is how you say "Happy New Year" in Japanese!
"ah-kay-mah-shtay oh-meh-deh-tow goh-zai-mah-s"
