Happy 2008!
Yay! Guess that now most parts of the world are in 2008 now. Happy new year to you!!
My new-year celebration this time was more low-profile. Instead of a trip to Nikko, a dinner with other international students and another dinner with a group of friends (yes, I've been busy... haha!); this time it was only a dinner and some walking around a temple close to where I live.
But that's not what I want to talk about. It's something more subtle...
Well, we were watching NHK at midnight... and I notice that there were some things missing...
First one: no countdown. In Brazil, maybe all TV stations and major events have a countdown for the new year. This time we only realised that it was already January 1st because of the clock that appeared at the corner of the screen when it was midnight.
And that was all...
Well, but even before that they started ringing the bells at the temples. Even so, something was still off... When I called my family I realised what was the other thing:
Fireworks.
Sure. As I was talking to them using the microphone, I could hear lots of fireworks after midnight there through the mic. Then I realised that I heard none here at midnight...
Those two changes were a little strange at first, but I think I can get used to that. Sometimes a celebration a little more silent is a good thing. I'm just wondering... Is that lack of fireworks common throughout Japan or is it only in Kyoto, where fireworks are forbidden?
My new-year celebration this time was more low-profile. Instead of a trip to Nikko, a dinner with other international students and another dinner with a group of friends (yes, I've been busy... haha!); this time it was only a dinner and some walking around a temple close to where I live.
But that's not what I want to talk about. It's something more subtle...
Well, we were watching NHK at midnight... and I notice that there were some things missing...
First one: no countdown. In Brazil, maybe all TV stations and major events have a countdown for the new year. This time we only realised that it was already January 1st because of the clock that appeared at the corner of the screen when it was midnight.
And that was all...
Well, but even before that they started ringing the bells at the temples. Even so, something was still off... When I called my family I realised what was the other thing:
Fireworks.
Sure. As I was talking to them using the microphone, I could hear lots of fireworks after midnight there through the mic. Then I realised that I heard none here at midnight...
Those two changes were a little strange at first, but I think I can get used to that. Sometimes a celebration a little more silent is a good thing. I'm just wondering... Is that lack of fireworks common throughout Japan or is it only in Kyoto, where fireworks are forbidden?
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Bom, talvez para um japones seja estranho ter fogos de artificio no ano novo e nao no verao ne? hehe! Abracao e Feliz Ano Novo!
kazu, se for pra pensar assim, os fogos de ano novo do Brasil sao os dois ao mesmo tempo.
Ok, refazendo...
Bom, talvez para um japones seja estranho ter fogos de artificio no ano novo e nao em julho-agosto, no final do dia ne? :D
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