At the workshop of Chinjuen, a plant shop in Osaka Prefecture, people are busy shipping kadomatsu, decorations placed at entrances and gates for the New Year. Kadomatsu are said to be a symbol to ...

This year, volunteers filled more than 1,300 orders before Christmas ... and decorating each ornament with pine and plum flowers in specific arrangements. The Kadomatsu’s three elements are ...

In some countries, Christmas decorations get taken down well after ... in which you can learn to make your own kadomatsu and/or other decorations. Some Tokyu Hands branches might also have such ...

A kadomatsu is a traditional Japanese decoration of the placed in pairs in front of homes to welcome ancestral spirits during the New Year.