In Australia, BBQ's, alcohol and fireworks. Sometimes thong throwing contests (flip flops for the rest of the world). This is coming from someone in a rural area by the way
In the USA, we watch the New Years Eve shows from NYC, and watch the ball drop at midnight countdown and then toast with cider/champagne or kiss somebody.
In the Philippines, we just have forework when its midnight. Then the adults would throw coins which the kids try to get as much as they can, just imagine hard confetti. And we end it with the Noche Buena which is like dinner, but more special 😊
Hi Emma! It’s my first time to post a comment for you, indeed. Now I live in London to learn English! I've been watching your videos for 3months, also Tokyo creative’s videos to see you. Thank you so much for creating such interesting videos.😙🌸 Happy New Year! ⛩🎍🎉
In 2017 I got the chance to celebrate the New Year for 2017 in Kyoto. It was amazing to experience something so culturally different to how I have celebrate in Australia. Experiencing buying new omamori for the New Year ahead, doing my last prayer for the year, eating so much from the food stalls, drinking warm sake where I donated enough that the priest gave me the cup to keep (still have it and look at it everyday), got to participate in the Okera Mairi festival, but I wasn't able to keep my Okera burning till I got to the hotel, even the scarf I wore that night got a couple of burn holes cause I put the burning okera too close to it! Got to hear the Chion-in temple monks ring the bell for the New Year (which I may not do next time cause man I was standing in line for 4hrs!) I didn't get back to my hotel till 2am! Then the following day I gave my first prayer at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, climbed all the way to the top of Mt Inari and gave a prayer at the top. It was such a different culture to experience, and I wish I had experienced it with a friend, or knew some Japanese people that I could experience it all with. But regardless it was amazing memories that I won't forget. I even want to do it again but instead visit Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine to welcome the New Year. Was so different to how I normally welcome the new year in, which is normally sitting on the lounge with a drink in my hand and watching the fireworks on t.v with my Mother.
Shizuka and Emma actually have good chemistry together. Both ladies are gorgeous helps too and of similar height. Happy New Year Emma, Shizuka and Shiori!
I finally understood who Shiori made me think of: Konata Izumi from the anime/manga Lucky Star. On the topic of the video, I spent two New Years in Japan: one at Shibuya (too many people, many of them being drunk, and the countdown was just a giant Coca-Cola advert) and another at Meiji Jingu (too damn cold, and just a long wait until a very ritual countdown). I wouldn't recommend any of those two. Maybe a more distant place like Kamakura would be better. In France, New Year is usually celebrated with friends, while Christmas is more for gathering with the family.
In Scotland, it's pretty much the same as Australia, have fun with friends, though it's called Hogmanay here and there's a big street party in Edinburgh with fireworks, and everyone sings 'Auld Lang syne' and links arms in a circle at midnight. There are also old traditions of 'first footing' where if you are the first person to visit someone's house in the new year, you must bring a piece of coal with you for luck! But this is an old tradition and not many people do it anymore.
in indonesia you go out with either friends or family and have bbq or dinner and spend time. at midnight some people would blow trumpets while fireworks are being fired for around an hour
I’m half Japanese Peruvian and I love going back to that chuugakooo time in Japan 🤩🤩 at via RU-vid channel . In Peru we burn 🔥 a whole bunch of things and clothes outside our home.
In the philippines. Its pretty much like most western countries(australia too. But aussie is not in the west but whatever). We sing(karaoke),eat homemade foods,light up fireworks in our own neghborhoods,party with friends and neighbors,sometimes we go to church called "simbang gabi" but ive never been to one honestly. But ye I think thats all
In México if u r a young adult is party all night and see the sunrise. If u are a little bit older is a a family celebration. In midnight we eat 12 grapes with each Bell chime and make a Wish
In Spain we drink a lot and have a big dinner with family and friends, but the most standout thing is we eat 12 grapes, one with each bell toll at midnight and try not to suffocate. Then there's fireworks and an absurd amount of drinking.
Good and fun video as always :) But it seems you forgot the 除夜の鐘, the ringing of the new years bell at a temple. I think usually you go to a temple at the night of the 31st and then go to a shrine on the 1st
In India we go to temples just like japanese go to shrines to get blessings. We probably go to a movie after that. Because a ton of movies are released on the New Year
The new year's card romaji pronunciation at 3:56 I'm pretty sure is supposed to be ´nen-ga-jou´, where as in the video you missed the ´o´. Also... Happy New Year!! (better late then never)
man that right most girl is so cute and amazing ... like seriously i feel like she's a voice actor or something and her english is so cute like easily attract anyone ... what an amazing person....
i bought a small kagami mochi last year, thinking it was the soft sweet dessert mochi....i have never been more confused than when i was when i opened it
good things: waiting in line at the temple the night of New Year Eve to ring the bell, cleaning house and writing/sending New Year cards,... bad things: eating (disgusting) o-sechi-ryori (hate it, hate it!), first visit to the temple walking past train station drunks in the morning and past mafia run food stalls, and especially the cold/dry wind of Winter in the Tokyo area.
When talking about 初日の出 (first sunrise of the new year), can you help me understand the kanji? Isn’t 出 the kanji for exit? Just having trouble understanding it’s place in the word. I’m a brand new student and would love the help!
Basically you wait in line for whatever store you want to buy the bag from and you buy the bag without knowing what's inside. Some shops have different prices for different sized bags or cheaper vs. more expensive items. So basically it's a big mystery of what you're going to get but most places give exclusive items and often times the price you pay for the bag is cheaper than all the items you get in the bag so you can get a really good deal on the items if you end up liking them. Unfortunately, though, because you can't see what's in them before you buy it you can get a lot of things you don't want and end up donating. Sharla has done a few of them in the past and explains it a lot better than I probably can if you want to check out some of her videos.... I believe they're on her Sharla In Japan channel but they may be on her Sharmander channel, I'm not sure (:
I heard that it was great tradition to dance around the potato before the strong men of the village paraded the potato around on their shoulders. At the stroke of midnight the potato becomes vodka and the whole of Russia gets drunk on the blood of the holy potato.
