Japanese festivals
deaths around New Year in Japan, particularly amongst the elderly. The death toll is reported
in newspapers in the days after New Year
Poetry
The New Year traditions are also a part of Japanese poetry, including haiku and renga. All of
the traditions above would be appropriate to include in haiku as kigo (season words). There
are also haiku that celebrate many of the "first" of the New Year, such as the "first sun"
(hatsuhi) or "first sunrise", "first laughter" (waraizome--starting the New Year with a smile is
considered a good sign), and first dream (hatsuyume). Since the traditional New Year was
later in the year than the current date, many of these mention the beginning of spring.
Along with the New Year's Day postcard, haiku might mention "first letter" (hatsudayori--
meaning the first exchange of letters), "first calligraphy" (kakizome), and "first brush" (fude
hajime).
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