HAPPY NEW YEAR TEMPEST! | That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: The Slime Diaries - Episode 12
Added 2025-06-24 21:45:37 +0000 UTCIt's time for the New Year in Tempest! Remembering what they've gone through the past year and getting a fresh start on the year ahead!
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great reaction everyone love festivals
Cerulean Spectre
2025-06-27 02:53:46 +0000 UTCThere are a huge number of traditional Japanese customs being referenced in this episode. Here are some highlights. Osechi ryori – New Year's food. Usually presented in an elaborate tiered lacquer bentou box called juubako. Foods vary by family and region. One common meal is buckwheat noodles (Toshikoshi soba) on New Year's Eve, symbolizing longevity. It should be finished before midnight. Ozoni is mochi soup eaten on the day. Each food has a meaning. Pounding mochi. Hatsumode - first shrine visit of the new year –A lot of firsts (Hatsu-) exist. Oosouji-cleaning the house – remove prior Year's negativity and prepare for good fortune. Key concept is how you start influences the whole year, which is why full-house deep cleaning is done before new year. Nengajou – exchange new year's greetings; in Japan they send postcards. Usually the Chinese Zodiac for that year is on the card. Visiting is done. Many dress in formal Japanese kimono. Otoshidama – Children are given New Year's money in a red envelope. The badminton game is actually a traditional Japanese game called hanetsuki. Tops and kites are also traditional. Kakizome – First Calligraphy. Tradition has it that engaging in a lesson or hobby on the 2nd day of the new year will improve one's skills at it. Hatsuhinode - Observing the first sunrise of the year- brings good fortune. Omikuji - drawing a written fortune. Bad fortunes are tied to a pine tree or metal wire at the shrine. New Year's decorations – Unlike Christmas celebrations, where decorations are packed away and used again the following year, Japanese New Year decorations must be brand new to symbolise moving away from the past. Shimekazari specifically are a decoration made from sacred Shinto rice, straw rope, pine twigs and zig-zagged paper strips called shide. They’re usually hung on the front door of homes, shops and restaurants, with the purpose of keeping away bad spirits. Another traditional item used to decorate the front of homes is Kadomatsu. It’s made from pine, bamboo and plum trees and is believed to be the temporary dwelling place of gods, who visit to bless the people living in the homes it decorates. It is said that the new Year's god will enter the home, otoshigami. Another reason for the cleaning. Yet another Oshogatsu (New Year) decoration, Kagami Mochi is made from two round Japanese rice cakes (‘mochi’), with the smaller one placed on top of the larger one and a bitter orange (‘daidai’) on top. The two rice cakes symbolise the year being left behind and the new year ahead, and the orange represents the continuation of family from one generation to the next. Sanganichi -first 3 days Hatsuyume - first dream of the year and its interpretation. 大明神 Daimyoujin – Great Bright God (literally).
myst0dreamer
2025-06-25 02:38:58 +0000 UTC
