Japan in Autumn and Winter

2.30pm - 3.30pm

Japan is stunningly beautiful in Autumn, when the trees start to shed their foliage, and the big winter festival is called Omisoka, meaning New Year's Eve. There is a custom of eating noodles at midnight on that day. The three days after the new year begins are collectively called 'shogatsu.' People have Japanese New Year's cuisine called Osechi-ryori and drink sake to celebrate the New Year.