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Happy New Year from SoraNews24!
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Oona McGee
Jan 1, 2023 - Tweet
- Global, Internet, Japan
- (COK • happy holidays • happy new year • Japanese New Year • new year • New Year 2023 • new year's 2023 • SNO • traditions)
Costs and other societal changes have made ceremonies smaller, and certain practices are approaching obsoleteness.
High schooler “forced” to quit school sues Kumamoto prefecture for a single yen
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Katy Kelly
Dec 6, 2019
The boy’s case details intense, unpleasant customs at the school that made him too depressed to attend class.
- Japan
- (bullying • COK • hazing • Kumamoto • lawsuit • school • Seiseiko High School • society • traditions)
These six New Year’s taboos mean you’ll be doing a lot less cooking, fighting and random spending at the start of the year.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • good luck • New Year's • society • taboos • traditions)
If you’ve stayed at a traditional Japanese inn with your partner, chances are you’ve experienced this custom before.
- Japan
- (accommodation • customs • gender equality • hotels • inns • Japanese inn • ryokan • sexism • traditions • travel)
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