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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 The Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year, is more commonly referred to as the Spring Festival in China and celebrations take place over 15 days. What happens? There’s a variety of customs and celebrations throughout China and among the global Chinese diaspora, but each of the days has a special significance which you can read more about here. 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. 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. 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. 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! Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays, and what better place to spend it in Japan than Yokohama Chinatown? The traditional holiday takes place for 15 days (with some special events designated for even earlier than the official starting date), and certainly Chinatown has numerous festivities and celebrations Upcoming Chinese New Year + Zodiac animals. 2023 Year of the Rabbit 2024 Year of the Dragon 2025 Year of Snake 2026 Year of Horse . Chinese New Year in Japan. Back in time, Japan also used the same traditional lunar calendar as China, hence the country historically celebrated New Year’s at the same period of time. The Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year is usually celebrated between late January and February, during the first new moon. This year, it will be on Wednesday, January 2025. But if you’re in Japan, you may be wondering, “Does Japan celebrate Chinese New Year?” Here’s what you should know. Does Japan Celebrate Chinese New Year? Japan and China have a long history of exchange. The countries share many cultural traditions, and today there are areas where you can find large numbers of Chinese migrants and their descendants living in enclaves such as the Chukagai (Chinatown areas) of Yokohama Chinatown, Kobe's Nankin-machi, and Nagasaki, as well as modern settlements in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district. Situated on the western coast of Tokyo Bay, Yokohama is the second largest city (after Tokyo) and one of the cities most used to seeing foreigners in Japan. The city has many travel destinations and celebrations for you to discover on next coming New Year 2025. Introduction to Yokohama. Yokohama is the most populous municipality of Japan. 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). 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. I had never been to a Chinese New Year parade before, but seeing it was exactly how I envisioned it would be - and that's way better than anything I could have expected. The second weekend (Day 8) of the 15-day Spring Festival celebration sees a traditional parade make its way through Chinatown, delighting crowds with a vast array of performers. For the first time, I went to the Chinese new year celebrations in Yokohama's Chinatown. This was on Sunday, February 10, 2013, however, the Chinese new year falls on a different day each year based on the lunar calendar. In 2014 for example, it will be on January 31st and in 2015 it will be on February 18th. 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 Yokohama Chukagai. Yokohama - the second largest city on the archipelago with 3.7 million - is also home to the largest Chinatown in Asia.After the reopening of Japanese ports, the number of Chinese immigrants swelled and formed Chukagai in 1859. Join us on a virtual walking tour through Yokohama Chinatown during the festive Chinese New Year celebration in 2024! Experience the sights and sounds of thi
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