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How Do Nikkei Living in Japan Spend Their New Year?
In Japan, there are old traditions that go back hundreds of years, such as hanami1 in the spring, unagi2 in the summer, or buying a kumade3 in the fall, and of course, osechi4 on new years in the winter. There are newer traditions, such as KFC on Christmas. And, of course, there are personal traditions—for example, at the end of summer, I always make one final trip to the supermarket to stock up on Suika Bars5 since they only sell them in the summer, and each year, in the early spring, I eat my fill of ichigo daifuku6.
There’s something traditional about traditions, and fo…
