Omisoka: The Bells Ring for You on New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve, celebrated around the world in a variety of ways, is known in…
When the sun rises on a New Year in Japan Any Western visitor to Japan who plans to celebrate the New Year here will not see the expected hoopla and fireworks of his home country. It’s the one time of the year when the streets of Tokyo are empty, restaurants and stores are closed
The wish-fulfilling Daruma doll by Denny Sairgent photos by Rebecca Sargent We are well into 1993 and it’s time…