New Year in Tokyo is met, according to our standards, boring. In the busiest neighborhoods of the city, young people gather, which quite early in the club.

But in front of the temples are gathered real crowds of the Tokios. In the Japanese tradition, the first visit of the sanctuary in the year (it is called hatsumode) is very important. People line up in advance to get to the temples, the doors of which open exactly at midnight.

Before this, according to the Buddhist tradition, the bell in front of the temple beats 108 times, banishing each of the 108 fatal human passions. Many Japanese record in the temple to strike the bell themselves. Everyone else releases balls into the air. They are tied to the dreams written on paper for next year.

In the temple, people throw coins, buy amulets for the coming year (the old ones are burned in bonfires in front of the temple) and conduct a lot of other rituals and ceremonies.

New Year holidays last usually on January 4. At this time, many attractions, shops, some restaurants are closed. On January 2, the people of Tokyo try to get into the territory of the palace of the Japanese emperor, where they are allowed only twice a year.