New Year’s Eve in Tokyo 2012-2013 – Pictures & Video
Another year has come and gone. The traditional way to celebrate New Year's Eve in Japan is to return to your hometown and spend time with family, visit a shrine (hatsumode), or enjoy a quiet evening watching Kohaku on television
Fukubukuro Pictures – Shibuya 2011
It's time to experience the craziest shopping day of the year in Shibuya - and the grand finale of our 2011 Tokyo Fukubukuro and New Year's Sales coverage. Just after midnight in the early morning of January 2nd, people start
Fukubukuro Pictures – Harajuku 2011
Welcome to our second Harajuku 2011 New Year's Sale (Hatsuuri) and Lucky Bag (Fukubukuro) report! In our first report, we shared Takeshita Dori Fukubukuro pictures. Now it's time to see what was going on around the rest of Harajuku! We
Fukubukuro Pictures – Takeshita Dori 2011
A new year has dawned in Tokyo, and that means it's time to go shopping! In Japan, "Hatsuuri" (the first sales of the New Year) is a great time to find everything from fashion to cosmetics to electronics to you-name-it
Harajuku & Shibuya New Year’s Eve 2010-2011 – Pictures & Video
Happy New Year from Tokyo! 2010 is officially over, and the sure-to-be-great 2011 has begun. We celebrated New Year's Eve in Harajuku and Shibuya this year. New Year's is a huge holiday in Japan, and Shibuya and Harajuku are the
Japanese Lucky Bags 2010 – Lots of Pictures!
The days following New Year's Day are huge shopping days in Japan. One of the biggest reasons for the shopping frenzy are the fukubukuro (Happy Bag, Lucky Bag, Mystery Bag, etc.) that many stores offer to kick off the New