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 ...

Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Kadomatsu are popular in Japanese culture as decorations to bring in good luck or pay respects to ancestors.

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.

There is a Mickey Mouse-motif kadomatsu (1,500 yen), a decoration made from bamboo and pine sprigs set outside Japanese households to welcome in healthy harvest and blessings. There are also ...