As part of the "blessings from the mountains." After exchanging New Year's greetings, we would eat the New Year's foods, along with a special soup, called ozoni, containing pounded rice cakes. The ...

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If the Japanese celebrate the new year with bells, the Balinese celebrate it in silence ... At the exact moment of the spring equinox people exchange congratulations and good wishes. Customarily the ...

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A woman holds 2025 New Year's greeting cards in a post office in ... but just tell them a few words about what you've been up to." (Japanese original by Hibiki Yamaguchi and Masanori Hirakawa ...