The end of the year and the New Year in Japan are important event which people spend with their particular family. Many people go home for using the New Year holidays. I think the main current of Japanese how to spend from the end of the year to the New Year is to spend with their family at their home. Of course, I am too.
My how to spend of New Year’s Eve is, at first, I clean my room from the morning to the afternoon. I clean up the length and breadth of my room in order to remove dirt of the year. And, in the evening, I watch song’s battle of red and white on TV with my family. And, at around eleven p.m., I eat the buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year’s Eve. To eat buckwheat is Japanese tradition, and it seems to mean living thin and long like buckwheat. And, I welcome New Year’s Day over hearing the temple bell toll on New Year’s Eve.
And, in the morning of New Year, I exchange the compliments of the season to my family, and I receive New Year’s card. However, many young people greet only E-mail in recent years. And, I eat New Year’s food with my all family for lunch. The food boiled and seasoned of my grand mother is very delicious. And, in the afternoon, I pay a visit to a shrine with my relative.
I’m happy that I can welcome New Year’s Day with my family every year I want to remain of how to spend.
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I am Phichet Prakayanurat
ReplyDeleteand you can call me Kong
I am a 2nd year student of Srinakharinwirot University , English major. Nice to meet you ^^
To tell you the truth , I fall in love with Japanese culture. I think there are a lot of interesting aspects of culture. I have been there once time when i was 15 years old. How charming it was !!
It is near the end of the year again. Japan and Thailand are quite alike. Most of people use this time to come back home , for someone who lives far away from home , or travel with their family. It is a blissfull moment for them. Many people , including me , always make a new year resolution list. However , as you know it is hard to achieve it ;P. And we useually go to temple to make a merit. By the way,I do not know what is a buckwheat but I like its meaning : living thin and long. it is great.
So enjoy with your new year's day as well ^^
Hi,there!
ReplyDeleteI'm Prapruet Rassameearamwong.
I'm second year student as the Mr.Pichet.
You know? I'm really interested in your story because Japanese's new year is resemble to Thais; for example, Thais always get back to their home when the new year comes.
As we know , we're looking forward to celebrating new year since it's the time that the family being together , right?
I'm different from you so much.. In new year's eve , I have never cleaned my room in any time , but I spend the time with my family eating together and also look forward to celebrating. If some family is in their home in new year , they often watch the TV for seeing count down celebration , but others are in the downtown , they usually counts down in the ceremony. The food of New year in Thailand is normally seen in our daily life such as seefood or local food , but it's quite different a bit because its food is very gargantuan.
Sending and receiving cards in Thailand is not widely taken as Japan because thais always do wai and saying "sa-was-dee-pee-mai" with other pople and thais always like going to the temple making merit , praying to the Lord Buddha and so on , but i hardly do that since i always get up late in every year.
If I get a prospect to join in Japan's new year celebration , I'll keep it in my memory because i haven't celebrated new year in aboard. If you come to Thailand , I'll recomment you to go to new year celebration in order to share and see the different culture.
Marry Christmas and Happy New Year 2010
Hello, my name’s Makasiri Kiattibuttara.
ReplyDeleteI’m a second year student of Srinakharinwirot University.
I was so happy to read your article. I think that Japanese culture is similar to mine. New Year day is a time for Thai people to go back to their hometowns. We visit our relatives and friends to exchange New Year’s greetings. I really love these times because all the shops and business offices are closed. So the air is clean and the roads are less crowded especially in Bangkok.
The Thai people love celebrations and festivals, so we celebrate the day with fireworks and a party that climaxes at midnight. In the next morning, we start by offering food to monks and then go to the temple for making merit.
I hope you will have a wonderful New Year.
Hi!Kong! Thank you for your comment. I was surprised I heard Japan and Thailand are quite alike. I thought it was very good Many people always make a new year resolution list. I built my target of the year when I was a little,but I noticed I didn't recently do it. So, I want to build my goal next year. Enjoy with your new year's day too!
ReplyDeleteHi!Prapruet! Thank you for your comment. I'm happy you're interested in my story. Most Japanese people count down over watching TV,including me , so it is nice for you that Thai has a count down ceremony. Perhaps,Japan don't have a big ceremony for new year.I think Xmas warmer up than New Year's Day for people in the downtown. Enjoy with your new year's day too!
ReplyDeleteHi!Makasiri! Thank you for your comment. I was convinced by your article. Japanese New Year's Day is silent,and air is clean too. However, I am lonely a little because all the shops and business offices are closed, and bustle is nothing. But rush to go back to their hometowns is heavy. Enjoy with your new year's day too!
ReplyDeleteI think your story is very interesting . And your culture have something as same as Thai culture . For example in the new year vacation everyone will stay at home with their families . And everyone will have lunch or dinner together . At the same time some family will travel together . It has one thing that is very important in Thai culture that is everyone is going to the temple to make merit . Because they think it is good to begin the new year with the good thing . In my view it is very nice to know that in your culture has a special diet for the new year festival “ buckwheat noodle ” I really don’t know what it is ? . But I think it has good meaning and it is very uniqueness .
ReplyDeleteMy name is Pawinee Tiamkoakgruad.
I’m a second year student of Srinakharinwirot University.