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  1. December 31st, 2008, 06:14 AM #1
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    Happy New Year to you all! Here in Japan it is the year of the cow. Or at least it will be in another 3 hours.
    It is customary (well, pretty much obligatory) in Japan to send a greeting for the new year to friends, family and business partners in the form of a postcard. Often it will picture the animal which represents a particular year. 2008 was the year of the rat. 2009 is the year of the cow.
    Here is our new years greeting for 2009 adapted for my new fretter friends wherever you may be:
    http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/...b5f9f4ba66.jpg

    Tonight at midnight I will step outside in the cold and listen to the temple bells ringing.
    What will you be doing?

    BTW Suhnton, did you send out all your nengajou? Is your house all clean?
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  2. December 31st, 2008, 07:09 AM #2
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    Syo,

    Thanks for the new year wish and many kind returns to you and yours.
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    All he best on your celebration syo! I see musical notes on the cow. I guess that means it ain't over until the fat cow sings...

    Thank you for the greeting:

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  4. December 31st, 2008, 08:32 AM #4
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    That is spectacularly cool syo. Thanks & Happy New Year!
    I pick a moon dog.
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  5. December 31st, 2008, 09:56 AM #5
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    syo, Happy New Year. I will reply to your greeting of joy with a little something from the bakery

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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  6. December 31st, 2008, 09:58 AM #6
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    Thanks Syo, and

    Happy Mooooooo Year

    to all of you fretters!
    Last edited by Robert; December 31st, 2008 at 10:47 AM.
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    Yep Its Happy Mooooo Year.Sumi
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    Happy New Year everybody. I hope this new year is good for all of you and your families. Best wishes to you all!
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    FRom ours to yours> HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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    A new year's message from the cow:

    Eat More Chikin!

    Happy New Year!
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    Happy New Year to one and all! Let's . . . be careful out there.

    Not the right year, but every time somebody talks about the year of whatever animal this song comes to mind. Not sure why I've always liked it since it's not my typical style. For some reason I also want to put it ~1980 instead of 1977.
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    Just hit midnight here - I can here shotguns going off outside.
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    Quote Originally Posted by just strum
    Just hit midnight here - I can here shotguns going off outside.
    Not exactly "ringing in the New Year" over there eh?
    Shotguns, seriously? How, umm... err... how shall I say...
    Violent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by syo
    Happy New Year to you all! Here in Japan it is the year of the cow. Or at least it will be in another 3 hours.
    It is customary (well, pretty much obligatory) in Japan to send a greeting for the new year to friends, family and business partners in the form of a postcard. Often it will picture the animal which represents a particular year. 2008 was the year of the rat. 2009 is the year of the cow.
    Here is our new years greeting for 2009 adapted for my new fretter friends wherever you may be:
    http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/...b5f9f4ba66.jpg

    Tonight at midnight I will step outside in the cold and listen to the temple bells ringing.
    What will you be doing?

    BTW Suhnton, did you send out all your nengajou? Is your house all clean?
    Hi Syo ,

    あけましておめでとうございます。
    Yes, we cleaned the house up to and on Xmas day, sent out all the (as you correctly said, obligatory) nengajou, and today (01/01) went to Hanazono jinja in Shinjuku.

    To everyone else, Happy 2009, hope the hangovers wear off soon enough.
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    No hangovers here,
    Happy '09 everyone!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Suhnton
    Hi Syo ,

    あけましておめでとうございます。
    Yes, we cleaned the house up to and on Xmas day, sent out all the (as you correctly said, obligatory) nengajou, and today (01/01) went to Hanazono jinja in Shinjuku.
    Hello Suhnton,
    あけましておめでとうございます。
    You finished 大掃除　by Christmas?! Good for you! We didn't finish until 11:40 p.m. on the 31st. But now my studio has been seemingly enlarged by the process. I now have room for more gear in the new year! :
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    So Japan follows the Gregorian calendar & yet uses Chinese astrological symbols for the years?

    That fits my image of Japan.
    I pick a moon dog.
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    Happy new year !!



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    Quote Originally Posted by syo
    How, umm... err... how shall I say...
    Violent.
    No, not really. I live in an area where people go deer hunting and that is also their noise maker for ringing in the New Year. I think one guy shoots his bow and arrow, but just doesn't have the same effect.

    As long as they don't point the shotguns at each other, it's not considered violent.
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