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The Japanese New Year (oshōgatsu) is an annual festival with its own customs. Since 1873 the Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar on January 1 of each year New Year’s Day. However the original celebration of the Japanese New Year is still marked on the same day as the contemporary Chinese Korean and Vietnamese New Years.

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meaning
Celebrates the new year
similar
Chinese New Year, Tết, Korean New Year

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