あけましておめでとうございます。(Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu, Happy new year.)

Now, the year 2022 has begun.

How did you count down?

Did you party with friends?

Or did you welcome the New Year at home with your family?

In Japan, many people participate in countdown events in Shibuya, or wait in front of shrines and temples for the new year to come, and at midnight, they go into the shrines and temples to pay their respects to the gods for the first time.

I wish everyone in the world happiness in the year 2022.

Now, in my first episode of 2022, I would like to introduce you to Hatsumode in Japan.

I'm introducing these words, so please listen and remember them.

お正月(Oshogatsu, New Year's Day）

初詣（Hatsumoude, first shrine or temple visit of the year).

お守り(Omamori,Good luck charm)

おみくじ（Omikuji, fortune paper)

じゃあまたね