Japanese New Year

USPS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month With Piñatas! Stamps

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Saturday, September 9, 2023

Postal Service today kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15) with new festive Piñatas!

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  • Postal Service today kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15) with new festive Piñatas!
  • In September 2021, USPS issued Day of the Dead stamps, and in July 2022, USPS issued Mariachi stamps.
  • Part of that proud history is celebrating our multi-faceted heritage through stamps.
  • For USPS media resources, including broadcast-quality video and audio and photo stills, visit the USPS Newsroom .

Season of Celebrations Immersive Display Debuts in Bellevue, Educating and Entertaining Shoppers

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Shoppers at The Bellevue Collection, a super-regional upscale shopping center, were given the experience to engage with a twenty-foot immersive screen with just a wave of the hand. The Season of Celebrations exhibit showcased the diversity of the surrounding community by highlighting Las Posadas, Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year) during the month of December.

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  • The Season of Celebrations exhibit showcased the diversity of the surrounding community by highlighting Las Posadas, Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year) during the month of December.
  • The interactive digital display brought fun, learning, and technology together to celebrate the season.
  • This unique and first-to-market experience reflected elements and symbols of these cultural celebrations.
  • "With the support of local cultural non-profits, the experience is truly magical, educational, entertaining, and one of a kind.

MATRIX Announces “Hatsumōde” Metaverse World Creation Contest

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Monday, January 9, 2023

MATRIX Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Junichi Goishi; hereinafter “MATRIX”) of the MetaReal Group is pleased to announce the start of its “Hatsumōde” Metaverse World creation contest on DOKODEMO Door ( https://dokodemodoors.com/en/ ), the company’s reality Metaverse platform.

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  • MATRIX Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Junichi Goishi; hereinafter “MATRIX”) of the MetaReal Group is pleased to announce the start of its “Hatsumōde” Metaverse World creation contest on DOKODEMO Door ( https://dokodemodoors.com/en/ ), the company’s reality Metaverse platform.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230109005006/en/
    Hatsumode Metaverse World Creation Contest (Graphic: Business Wire)
    By creating real-life VR content introducing the traditional first visit to a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine of the Japanese New Year, etc., to users of the platform from around the world, contest participants in the contest can win cash rewards, with the winner receiving 100,000 JPY.
  • The contest is open to anyone who can create their own “Hatsumōde” first visit real-life Metaverse World.
  • *Metaverser: A user who creates a metaverse space (World) or holds an Event on the DOKODEMO Door platform.

Ring in the New Year with "Utano Princesama Shining Live" Campaigns

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Players can enjoy the New Year's campaigns including a special mission to get a Signed Live Show T-Shirt Lottery Ticket.

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  • Players can enjoy the New Year's campaigns including a special mission to get a Signed Live Show T-Shirt Lottery Ticket.
  • STARISH and QUARTET NIGHT will perform on a special live stage themed around this year's zodiac animal, the tiger.
  • The Utano Princesama Shining Live New Year's 2022 Campaign began Saturday, January 1, 2022.
  • Happy New Year from Utano Princesama Shining Live.

CGTN: Tibetan Religious Leader Extends Wishes for Spring Festival, Tibetan New Year

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Friday, February 12, 2021

Looking back at the past year, he expressed his affirmation that China has overcome difficulties in the face of the pandemic.

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  • Looking back at the past year, he expressed his affirmation that China has overcome difficulties in the face of the pandemic.
  • From the pandemic, we have also further understood that all human beings are in a community with a shared future."
  • The Tibetan New Year, known as Losar, is the most important festival on the Tibetan calendar.
  • It starts on the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar and ends on the 15th day.

Panda Express® Invites Guests To Celebrate Moments That Matter This Lunar New Year With New Digital Red Envelope Experience

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

For years, Panda has celebrated with guests in-store by gifting customary lucky red envelopes, or "hng bo" on the first day of Lunar New Year.

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  • For years, Panda has celebrated with guests in-store by gifting customary lucky red envelopes, or "hng bo" on the first day of Lunar New Year.
  • Through Feb. 28, guests can visit www.PandaLNY.com on their mobile phones to send their own virtual celebrations and personalized well-wishes to loved ones through this digital red envelope experience.
  • Panda will also share special offers with every guest who sends and receives a digital red envelope during the festivities.
  • For more information on Panda Express and its Lunar New Year campaign, visit pandaexpress.com or follow Panda Express on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .

Happy Lunar New Year! Canada Post celebrates Year of the Rat

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Thursday, January 16, 2020

TORONTO, Jan. 16, 2020 /CNW/ - Canada Post has issued two stamps celebrating the Year of the Rat representing the first year in the Lunar New Year cycle and the final issue in a second 12-year series honouring the annual festival.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 16, 2020 /CNW/ - Canada Post has issued two stamps celebrating the Year of the Rat representing the first year in the Lunar New Year cycle and the final issue in a second 12-year series honouring the annual festival.
  • The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021.
  • A symbol of fertility and intelligence, the rat is said to confer great cunning, tact and vitality on those born under its sign.
  • Philatelic collectibles include an unsealed, International-rate Official First Day Cover suitable for use as a "money envelope" for traditional gift-giving.