[PAR] [TLE] Japanese New Year [SEP] The Japanese New Year (正月 , Shōgatsu ) is an annual festival with its own customs.  Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day (元日 , Ganjitsu ) .  However, the celebration of the traditional Japanese New Year is still marked on the same day as the contemporary Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese New Years. [PAR] [TLE] Fukubukuro [SEP] Fukubukuro (福袋 ) is a Japanese New Year custom in which merchants make grab bags filled with unknown random contents and sell them for a substantial discount, usually 50% or more off the list price of the items contained within.  The low prices are usually done to attract customers to shop at that store during the new year.  The term is formed from Japanese "fuku" (福, meaning "good fortune" or "luck") and "fukuro" (袋, meaning "bag").  The change of "fukuro" to "bukuro" is the phenomenon known as "rendaku".  The "fuku" comes from the Japanese saying that "there is fortune in leftovers" (残り物には福がある).  Popular stores' "fukubukuro" usually are snapped up quickly by eager customers, with some stores having long lines snake around city blocks hours before the store opens on New Year's Day.  "Fukubukuro" are an easy way for stores to unload excess and unwanted merchandise from the previous year, due to a Japanese superstition that one must not start the New Year with unwanted trash from the previous year and start clean.  Nowadays, some "fukubukuro" are pushed as a lavish New Year's event, where the contents are revealed beforehand, but this practice is criticized as just a renaming of selling things as sets.
[PAR] [TLE] Japanese New Year [ SEP ] The Japanese New Year ( 正月 , Shōgatsu ) is an annual festival with its own customs . Since 1873 , the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar , on January 1 of each year , New Year 's Day ( 元日 , Ganjitsu ) . However , the celebration of the traditional Japanese New Year is still marked on the same day as the contemporary Chinese , Korean , and Vietnamese New Years . [PAR] [TLE] Fukubukuro [ SEP ] Fukubukuro ( 福袋 ) is a Japanese New Year custom in which merchants make grab bags filled with unknown random contents and sell them for a substantial discount , usually 50 % or more off the list price of the items contained within . The low prices are usually done to attract customers to shop at that store during the new year . The term is formed from Japanese " fuku " ( 福 , meaning " good fortune " or " luck " ) and " fukuro " ( 袋 , meaning " bag " ) . The change of " fukuro " to " bukuro " is the phenomenon known as " rendaku " . The " fuku " comes from the Japanese saying that " there is fortune in leftovers " ( 残り物には福がある ) . Popular stores ' " fukubukuro " usually are snapped up quickly by eager customers , with some stores having long lines snake around city blocks hours before the store opens on New Year 's Day . " Fukubukuro " are an easy way for stores to unload excess and unwanted merchandise from the previous year , due to a Japanese superstition that one must not start the New Year with unwanted trash from the previous year and start clean . Nowadays , some " fukubukuro " are pushed as a lavish New Year 's event , where the contents are revealed beforehand , but this practice is criticized as just a renaming of selling things as sets .
Fukubukuro is part of what Japanese festical celebrated on January 1st sine 1873?
Fukubukuro is part of what Japanese festical celebrated on January 1st sine 1873 ?
Japanese New Year
Japanese New Year