Year of the dog

Year of the DOG
The year 2006 is a year of the Dog in the Oriental Zodiac. One of our prescious readers and customers suggested on introducing the dog motif items congratulating the year of the dog which comes only once in 12 years. Hospitality Japan.com Boutique will introduce some unique Japanese items related to dogs or items for dogs. Items shown below are Japanese papier-mache "Hariko" dogs. Many Japanese decorate the animal of the year wishing for the happiness and prosperity of the family throughout the year. Hospitality Japan.com welcomes your comment and posting and we will make our site to satisfy your needs.


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A Happy New Year 2006

At the beginning of the new year, Japanese appreciate the new year sunrise wishing for the success and happiness of the coming year.

As the new year holidays, which continues from December 31 until January 3 at least in Japan, are the biggest and longest national holidays, there are various traditional practice and preserved culture.
New year holidays are the time of home town return and family reunion and welcoming home prepares the traditional "Osechi" dishes in the Japanese lacquerware containers. We decorate "Kadomatsu" pine evergreen trees at the both sides of the home entrance. We exchange new year postcards informing the family news and topics.　We visit shrines to pray for the prosperous new year and women wear traditional kimonos. We would like to preserve the traditions such as new year "Shishi" Lion dancing.

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