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Originally Posted by cuonglhvt
But more important, can you kindly answer my first questions.
- Do you feel warm with their family in the Shogatsu?
- Do you feel “traditional” in the Shogatsu?
- Are you happy if your Authority use Lunar Calendar for your traditional Festivals, holidays (Shogatsu, Hinamatsuri, Kodomo no hi, Tanabana and Obon). I mean that your Government use two system of Calendar (Lunar Calendar for traditional. Western Calendar for national holiday and western festival). As in China.
Thank you for your answering!
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1) Shogatsu is probably the most important holiday on the Japanese calendar, and it is a time for the immediate family to spend time together.
2) Traditional food is an important part of Shogatsu, especially as many restaurans remain closed, so these traditions still remain.
3) I am not Japanese, so I cannot answer for a Japanese person whether I am happy or not, but finding a balance between the West and the East, between tradition and modern has been one of the traits the Japanese have excelled at for decades. I have never heard a complaint about this specific topic from a Japanese person before.