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Chinatown yokohama chinese new year chinese new year shape activities

chinatown yokohama chinese new year chinese new year shape activities

The Lantern event, that celebrates the “Spring Festival” better known as the Chinese New Year, has as its theme for this year the Chinese saying "NenNen-Yuyo: for a prosperous life" and is represented by a magnificent display of lights in red colors. 150 paper lanterns give form to the main attraction, a great dragon that rises in the Chinatown Main Street, and another small and cute The "Yokohama Chinatown Chinese New Year" is a seasonal winter tourist event in Yokohama that began in 1987. This year, the event will be held for 2025 days from January 1 to February 29, 2, and will feature a spectacular countdown with lion dances, Chinese New Year entertainment performances (stage) such as dance and acrobatics, a Chinese New In China, the New Year according to the lunar calendar is called "Shunsetsu" and it is customary to celebrate it with great pomp. Yokohama Chinatown has been holding the Shunsetsu since 1986 so that people can enjoy the holiday in the same way as they do in China, and this year marks the 39th anniversary. Yokohama Chinatown's Spring Festival celebration has a history of nearly 40 years. Initially featuring dance performances on a special stage, it has since grown into one of the most representative Chinese New Year celebrations in Japan, thanks to the expansion of the local Chinese community and the increasing influence of Chinese culture. People pray at Mazu Miao Temple in Yokohama China Town on Jan. 28, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, will begin on Jan. 29, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. The main dragon lantern, one of the largest in Japan, is displayed on Chinatown Boulevard, and cute, smaller dragons fly in the night sky over Chinatown on Shanghai Road. Red lanterns unique to Shunsetsu are lined up along each street, brightly illuminating the streets of Yokohama Chinatown. January 28: There will be a countdown event (incl. a lion dance) at midnight to usher in the Lunar New Year. January 29 (around 4 p.m.): On Lunar New Year’s Day, there will be the Chinatown Lion Dance where five lions will perform dances all around Chinatown to the tune of firecrackers and drums. February 1 to 2 (from 1 p.m.): Yokohama Chinatown's Spring Festival celebration has a history of nearly 40 years. Initially featuring dance performances on a special stage, it has since grown into one of the most representative A lion dance head is displayed to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Snake on the Chinese zodiac Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at China Town in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Family members mix a Chinese Lunar New Year dish called ‘Yusheng’ in Kuala Pilah, Malaysia, on Tuesday. People pray at the Mazu Miao Temple in Chinatown area of Yokohama in Japan on Tuesday. If you want to celebrate the year of the snake in Japan, there are few better places to visit than Yokohama Chinatown, which has observed Chinese Spring Festival traditions since 1986. Chinese New Year is known as the Spring Festival in China, and the celebrations in Yokohama are the biggest in Japan. The two-week festival kicks off with a countdown party the night before, followed by a Lion Dance and traditional performances in Yamashita-cho Park (the small park in Chinatown; not the waterfront Yamashita Park). We would like to introduce you to the "Chinese New Year Lantern Lighting Ceremony" in Yokohama Chinatown!Today, November 1, the lighting ceremony of the "202 Join us as we explore the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, a celebration deeply rooted in Chinese and other Asian cultures. We'll highlight this festive occasion with photos from GTN staff, focusing on the vibrant 2024 Spring Festival Illumination in Yokohama Chinatown. Plus, we'll provide easy-to-follow directions to reach Yokohama Chinatown by train, whether you're coming from Spring Festival, a Chinese festival celebrating the Lunar New Year, is the biggest event in Yokohama Chinatown that began in 1986, and has become a winter tradition in Yokohama, attracting more than 1 million people every year. The 2023 Chinese New Year will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2024, the day the new year begins! Chinatown Countdown. Two spots in Yokohama’s Chinatown will also be hosting countdowns — Kuan Ti Miao Temple and Mazu Temple from 11:30 p.m. Prepare for all the fixings of a Chinese festival, including lanterns and lion dances. Organizers may cancel events, alter schedules, or change admission requirements without notice. Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays, and what better place to spend it in Japan than Yokohama Chinatown? Yokohama's Chinese 2023 Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown, Yokohama, Japan0:00 Chinatown in Yokohama1:20 New Year performances4:20 Chinese New Year countdown5:15 Lion d A large number of Chinese stores and restaurants can be found in the narrow and colorful streets of Chinatown. Various events and festivals such as Chinese New Year around the beginning of February are also held at Chinatown. Yokohama Chinatown quickly developed, after the port of Yokohama had been one of the first Japanese ports to be opened Yokohama Chinatown. Today was the first day of the Chinese New Year (旧正月, Kyūshoūgatsu), a big affair that marks the beginning of the lunar calendar and is celebrated with a two week long festival. The dates vary from year to year since they are based on the lunar calendar, but usually occur between late January and late February.

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