Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last weeks of the year tend to come with a blend of chaos and ritual in the form of holiday parties, travel, Christmas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hotei hands out gifts to children. Detail of print by Kuniyoshi Utagawa, 1798-1861, via Wikimedia Commons The new year brings a ...

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach is ringing in the new year with a celebration full of tradition, culture and gratitude. The Morikami will host Oshogatsu Weekend: Year of the ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to a crowd of flag-waving New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday. Standing with his wife Masako and the rest ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Japanese Garden invited visitors to celebrate O-Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year, with a variety of activities on Sunday. “We forget about everything that happened ...

Photo courtesy of Grace Park. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Keiko Yokota-Carter, a Japanese Studies librarian, said the event strives to bring pieces of Japanese traditions to Ann Arbor, ...

The new year brings a fresh start, symbolized in some cultures by the cherubic baby New Year who replaces the old year that has come to a close. In Japan, the roly-poly god Hotei, who is often ...