Japanese+New+Year

=New Year in Japan=

New Year is the main celebration in the Japanese calendar. For the Japanese, Christmas is not a public holiday but the first couple of days of January are National Holidays.

One tradition at New Year is to send New Year cards, called '[|nengajo]'. These are to give thanks to friends, relatives and colleagues for their help and friendship over the year and to ask that it continues into the New Year. [|New Year cards] are not like ouｒ cards (that open up) but are more like postcards. Similar to the Chinese calendar, each year in Japan has its animal. The animal for that year is usually depicted on the 'nengajo', along with the traditional New Year Greetings (see below).

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New Year Games

 * Up until more recent times when TV and video games have taken over, New Year activities often involved traditional games such as Hanetsuki (like badminton), karuta (traditional card game) and kendama.
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Task 1
あけましておめでとうございます || (literally = Let's continue our good relationship again this year) || ** kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu ** ことしもよろしくおねがいします ||
 * Create a New Year (nengajo) card using photoshop, [|canva] or other photo editors. If you are artistic, please create one with paper.
 * Use the __greetings__ from the list below and include next year's animal - the DOG.
 * Once completed, upload your card to google classroom.
 * **ENGLISH** || **JAPANESE** ||
 * Happy New Year || ** akemashite omedetou gozaimasu **
 * All the best for the New Year