Happy New Year! New Year is one of the most important holidays here in Japan. Business closes on 31st December and resumes after 3rd or 4th January. Most of Japanese use New Year’s holiday to visit their hometown and be with their family to spend quality time with. The countdown to New Year does not …
Happy New Year, The first week 2018 has passed us by quickly. We spent the New Year in Seville. Just as we thought the New Year celebration was over, Seville held a huge celebration on January 6, the Epiphany Day or El Dia de Los Reyes in Spanish. El Dia de Los Reyes means the …
As 2017 draws to a close, it is a time to look back how great this year has been. It’s not because we do not want to move forward but for being grateful of the good things ever happened this year. A year end is not a time to despair for things that cannot be …
Happy New Year Everyone! Today is the first working day after the new year’s holiday ended in Japan. We’d been going around Tokyo and its suburban areas for pictures taking and observing the crowd. I always found new year in Japan was extremely exciting, not because of the fireworks nor year end party. It …