what day of the year do Japanese celebrate the new year

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   The Japanese New Year is celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year. As such, New Year's Day in Japan is one of the major importance in all annual festivals and has been celebrated for centuries with its possess unique customs. Due to the importance of the vacation and the preparations needed, the previous days are moderately busy, especially the New Year's Eve, known as Ōmisoka.

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   Prior to the Meiji Period, the day of the year of the Japanese New Year was celebrated according to the Chinese lunar calendar, just as the contemporary Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese New Year celebrations are. However, in 1873, five years subsequent the Meiji Restoration, Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar and the first day of January became and carries on to be the agent and social New Year's Day in modern Japan.
   
   At midnight on December 31, Buddhist temples all over Japan ring their chimes a total of 108 times to symbolize the 108 human sins in Buddhist conviction, and to eliminate the 108 experienced yearns considering sense and feeling in every Japanese citizen. A foremost affinity is The Watched Night chime, in Tokyo. Japanese accept as factual that the buzzing of chimes can relieve off their sins throughout the preceding year. After they are finished buzzing the chimes, they commemorate and feast on soba noodles
   
    

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