There are so many ways to celebrate the 2026 New Year in Tokyo, but it's hard to look past spending the time at one of the city's many temples or shrines, some of which even feature the traditional ...

"Hatsumode" is the custom of visiting a shrine to give the first prayer of the New Year, and this is a very important tradition to many Japanese people. Trains honor this by running longer, into the ...

Asakusa's Sensoji Temple is packed with well-wishers on any day, but more so for hatsumode on New Year's Day. Hatsumode is the act of visiting a shrine or temple during the first days of the new year ...

If you find yourself in Japan over the New Year, there’s no better way to celebrate oshogatsu (Japanese New Year) than with a trip to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple. Known in Japanese as hatsumode ...

People go to Senso-ji temple for Hatsumode, or their first temple visit of the year, at Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa area, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi) People go to Senso-ji temple for ...

January is one of the most atmospheric months to travel in Japan, when winter landscapes frame centuries-old rituals, New Year traditions, and community festivals across the country. As shrine visits, ...

HONOLULu (HawaiiNewsNow)- Every January 1st come celebrate "Hatsumode" and create a more cultural, spiritual and reflective New Year's transition this year. Come celebrate Hatsumode at Hawaii Kotohira ...

SAKAI, Fukui -- Penguins at the Echizen Matsushima Aquarium here got to stretch their legs a bit on Dec. 26 with a practice run for their January 2017 "hatsumode," or "first Shinto shrine visit of the ...