A Small Obon Festival / 小さなお盆まつり

From around August 7, the Japanese exchange postcards to ask how each other is doing. [和訳が後にあります]

Some people in the olden days enjoyed going out in the dead of the winter to see fields of dead leaves.

For about a week ON AND AFTER January First, we say “Akemashite omedetoo gozaimasu!” It's a special greeting for this occasion.
Here we discuss the meaning and a couple of words related to it.

An image of a shrine to visit for Year-End greetings