Japan often has the following customs when spending the New Year:

First: Japan will eat rich meals during the New Year, but it still focuses on traditional food.

During the New Year, Japan usually eats traditional imperial festivals and miscellaneous cooking. These two kinds of food have a long history in Japan, because the Japanese believe that if they eat cooked food or use a stove continuously for the first three days of the new year, they will have good luck in the coming year. So before the New Year comes, every family in Japan will prepare stews and some food that can be cooked in advance.

In the eyes of the Japanese, eating such food in the New Year will mean good health, happiness and peace in the coming year. The whole family will gather together to eat stewed food. Omnivorous food is generally rice cake and vegetables cooking soup together. Japanese people don't eat hot pot like China. They carefully divide it into portions and eat it together.

Second: Japanese people will pray with medicine and wine.

Almost every household in Japan will make their own wine, especially in New Year. On New Year's Day, they will take out medicinal liquor, and the whole family will gather together to drink medicinal liquor. This medicinal liquor contains all kinds of herbs and Chinese herbal medicines. After drinking it, it will be disease-free and painless, removing the bad luck of the body, and the next year will be good luck. Of course, the ritual sense of this medicinal liquor is better than the actual content. Just taste it and don't have to drink it all.

Third: Make a wish and pray at the temple.

It is a tradition in Japan that Japanese people must go to local shrines or nearby temples to pray for blessings in the New Year. When you visit the shrine, you can vote for the money, and then you can pray and make a wish to the shrine. You can also ask for a sign to know the fortune of the New Year, and you need to buy a new amulet in the shrine. Last year's amulet will be burned in the shrine, so that the ceremony is completed.