On New Year’s Eve, TV Tokyo will run a 90-minute special, from 10 to 11:30 p.m., in which Inogashira takes his last business trip of the year to the Setouchi area, between Hiroshima and Osaka.

The soba is traditionally eaten before midnight on New Year’s Eve as the Buddhist temple bells in Japan are rung 108 times to purge celebrants of their worldly vices. Schlosser also offers diners ...

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Other dishes may come and go, but certain recipes always have a place on the holiday table. By Khushbu Shah Jane Matsumoto’s family is so eager to eat their annual ozoni that they gather around ...

Japan's televised New Year's Eve singing extravaganza fared better this year than 12 months earlier, but the increase in the number of viewers was marginal and even rumors of onstage romance were ...

Hirotaka Saito, a 54-year-old company worker who spent four days at his home in Tokyo from New Year's Eve and was returning to his work assignment in Hiroshima, commented, "I was able to meet my ...

New Year's Eve is right around the corner and soon we will be entering 2022. ... Just typing in "firework shows" on YouTube reveals a 33-minute firework festival from Japan.