New Year is colloquially called Shogatsu .

Arrangements :

1 . Cleaning house
2 . Decorating house
3 . Food for deities
4 . Sending postcards

Japanese people in this time spends a lot of time with family , they play at new year games like :

- hanetsuki - something like badminton
- takoage - flying a kite
- karuta - card game
- sugoroku - board game

In this time there are a lot of festivals and rituals etc .

Finally I'll show you japanese christmas song about rudolph :3

Voices isn't perfet but i can't find nothing better :P

10 interesting facts about Japan !

1. Japan has 6852 islands.

2. National flower is chrysanthemum. 

3.The most important festivity in Japan is New Year !

4.The most popular game in Japan is baseball . 

5.Unlucky number in Japan is four because sign in kanji means death. 

6.Principle of japanese estethics is asymmetry e.g. beautiful japanese girl with ugly teeth is normal . 

7.Main religions in Japan is shintoism and buddhism.

8.In Japan is ban for eating on the street in movement.

9. Age of consent is from 20 year old . 

10.Slurping is indicated.

K-pop and Japanese music :3

Hello :3 

Today I'm going to tell you about K-pop groups and Japanese singers ^^

1 . Shinee  is K-pop group , they're debut was on May 2008 . The group consist of :

 Lee Jin-ki  , Onew ( 23 )

Kim Jonghyun ( 23 )

Kim Ki-bum , Key  ( 22 )

Choi Minho ( 21 )

Lee Taemin ( 20 ) <33 

  
I think they are strange but i like them :3 

  
2 . 2NE1 is K-pop group , they're debut was at 2009 . Members : 


Lee Chae-rin ( 22 ) 

 
Park Bom ( 29 )

Sandara Park ( 28 ) 

Gong Minji 

 
I think Park Bom is the most talented from this group . 

3 . LiSa (26) is japanese singer , she sang to anime Angel Beats and Sword Art Online^^

4 . Yousei Teikoku is japanese group and " Yousei Teikoku"  mean "Fairy Empire"

 5 . Mizuno Saaya (24)  is a japanese model and pop singer . She sang to anime Kaichou wa Maid-sama. 

She is soo cuuuute though she is old <3