Wish you a very happy new year!!

Christmas is over, and a year 2008 is soon coming!

We will be closed from tomorrow the 29th to 3rd of January. We open only from 10:00~16:00 on the 4th of Jan. for the first day of the year.

( photo is taken at Kobe Harbour)

Today`s keyword.

Yoi Otoshi wo!! (良いお年を！！）

means ⇒　Have a good new year!!

[A happy new year] is usually translated to [Akemashite omedetou].

However, [Akemashite omedetou] can be said only in a new year, but in the end of the year.

This means that you cannot say this to people now.

So what you can say now to people is:

[Yoi Otoshi wo!!]

You can say this only now till 31st of December, when you meet people whom you will perhaps see last within this year.

So let`s say this to your Japanese friend now!! ^^