The New Year is approaching, and the "New Year's Party" is an indispensable gathering for RB people. This kind of "New Year's Eve Party" is somewhat similar to the Chinese "Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner". The definition of "year-end party" in the RB dictionary is "a dinner party that forgets all the hard work of the year". It is said that the earliest written record appears in the 15th century in the "Kanwen Diary" of the RB Muromachi period, where Prince Fushimi Miyasadari wrote: On December 21, 1430, the second year of Eiko, "There was a sacrifice first. After that, even the beginning of the song. The congregation is as usual. The night is a hundred rhymes. and the wine is full of flurry. It has been forgotten for many years. "Nowadays, the year-end party is not only carried out within the RB enterprise, but also between friends, and the interest organizations established by themselves are also organized, starting from December 10th, the "year-end party" is overwhelming, and people with many people may have to catch up with 2 sessions a night.

December 29th ~ January 3rd every year is the legal New Year's holiday of RB, and RB people will celebrate the whole country during the New Year's holiday to welcome the arrival of the new year.

RB New Year, also known as "New Year", is generally believed to have originated in the Asuka period, when Emperor Suigu introduced the Yuan Jia calendar from the Tang Dynasty of China, modeled the Chinese lunar calendar to calculate the Common Era, and imitated the Tang custom to celebrate the New Year (it is also said that RB had the custom of celebrating the New Year before the sixth century). However, after the Meiji Restoration, ****, on December 3, 1872, the Western solar calendar began to be used, and not only began to pay attention to Christmas, but even the New Year was advanced to the Western New Year's Day. The Gregorian calendar has been changed to designate January 1 as the New Year, and the first to the third day of the first month is called the "first month of the third day" (三嘉日), and the first month until January 31 is called the first month.

December 28-30 (the morning of December 30 is the last time for garbage companies to collect garbage before the Chinese New Year) is the customary cleaning day of RB. In order to welcome the "Nian Shen 様 (としがみさま)" who like to be clean and tidy and bring happiness all year round, ordinary families in RB will mobilize a thorough cleaning, and the school will also organize a formal holiday after organizing students to clean up. RB temples and shrines are cleaned with long brooms made of feathers or straw to dust Buddha statues and eaves, and floors and tatami mats are scrubbed to welcome New Year's pilgrimages and bell worship worshippers. After the sweep, people began to work on decorating New Year's decorations. Because of its significance to welcome the New Year, the decorations take place between December 20 and 28. It is worth noting that if you have forgotten before, it is generally taboo to decorate on the 29th (the pronunciation of "nine" is the same as "bitter") and the 31st ("night decoration" has the meaning of perfunctory). In addition, New Year's decorations must be removed on 7 January.

December 31 is also known as Dahui Day (おおみそか), which is also known as Chinese New Year's Eve. RB temples and shrines hold the 108th bell striking ceremony on the "Great Day". As for why it is 108 bells, RB historians also have different opinions on this: some people say that 108 bells represent the elimination of 108 kinds of troubles in the world, and there is also a theory that 108 bells are exactly the total number of 12 months of a year, 24 solar terms, and 72 seasons. It is worth noting that the bell is struck 107 before midnight on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the last ring is left until the second hand crosses January 1 New Year's Day, reflecting the desire of RB people to drive away bad luck and pray for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas through these 108 bells.

Unlike Chinese people who eat dumplings and rice cakes, RB people must eat buckwheat noodles as a staple food during the New Year. RB media reported that the custom of eating soba noodles during the New Year was popular as early as the Edo period. First, the soba noodles are slender and symbolize longevity. The second is that soba noodles belong to whole grains, which are beneficial to the body. The third is to imply that the fate between family members is as long as soba noodles. Fourth, soba noodles are crispy and easy to cut, so it symbolizes cutting off all the troubles of the past year. RB's New Year's dish is called Gosetsu cuisine, which is traditionally used as an offering to the gods and then removed for people to eat, meaning that people receive food from the gods. The arrangement of the royal festival cuisine is very particular, and there are four layers in the special lunch box, most of which are Tujili dishes. For example, red and white shredded radish represents red and white happiness, kelp rolls represent joy and happiness, black beans represent hard work, and herring roe represents prosperity for children and grandchildren. The first rice cake soup eaten on New Year's Day morning is an indispensable dish for the New Year, just like the "Gosetsu cuisine". It is also called "braised rice cake" with rice cakes, chicken, vegetables, fish and shrimp that are enshrined in the shrine for the New Year, and it is expressed that there is a wish to be free from illness and disaster under the blessing of the gods. It is a local cuisine that has passed down the customs and tastes of each region, and is roughly divided into "Kanto-style" and "Kansai-style", but RB has its own unique mochi soup all over the country. Generally speaking, the "Kanto-style" boiled in clear water is a baked rectangular rice cake broth, while the "Kansai-style" boiled in white miso is a round rice cake and yellowmiso soup, and the chopsticks used to eat it are called "yanagi chopsticks".

Since ancient times, the RB people have had the custom of worshipping gods and Buddhas in the New Year. After the bell rings on Chinese New Year's Eve, millions of RB people flock to shrines and temples to burn incense to worship the Buddha, count fortune telling, and pray for the happiness and safety of the whole family in the new year. Many women wear kimonos and fur scarves. People drink hot sweet rice wine, or the priests are purifying their misfortune amid the rhythmic drum music, or relatives and friends chatting and laughing to welcome the arrival of the new year. Every year, there is a live broadcast of visits to famous shrines in various places on television. On the first day of the new year, the RB people have the custom of welcoming the sunrise, and the place to worship the sunrise is often by the sea or on the mountain. It is believed that by worshipping the first sunrise of the new year, one's wishes will be fulfilled, and one will be healthy and safe, and will receive a new aura.

【お年玉 (おとしだま)】 refers to RB's New Year's money, a New Year's gift for children. As in China, RB people also give their children New Year's money. In order to ward off evil spirits, uphold righteousness, and ensure the healthy growth of children, adults removed the New Year's offerings and distributed them to the children, which gradually evolved into New Year's money. It is generally manifested that the elder will give the envelope containing the New Year's money to the younger generation or the children of relatives.

"歌ガルタ (百人一一)": 百人一一 (ひゃくにんいっしゅ) originally refers to the RB Kamakura period - Fujiwara Seiya's private collection of songs, and he selected one of the 100 singers to compile a collection of poems, which is now known as Ogura Hyakunen. In the Edo period, it was made into "カルタ" (playing cards) and began to spread among the people. Especially as a New Year's game, a group of people get together and grab the cards on the table while singing poetry, which is really tense, lively and exciting. "花ガルタ (花札)": Flower cards (or flower dominoes), used to play cards with flowers. From January to December, each month is represented by plaques depicting pine, plum, cherry blossom, wisteria, swallow flower and calamus, peony, bush clover, miscanthus and moon, chrysanthemum, autumn leaves, willow and rain, and paulownia. 4 cards of each type, for a total of 48 cards.

January 2 is the lucky bag purchase day. "Lucky Bag" is a manifestation of the wisdom of RB merchants, a form of promotion, and has now become a custom of RB. During the New Year, RB's major department stores offer a variety of lucky bags, most of which cost between 10,000 and 50,000 yen. These lucky bags symbolize good signs. The value of the goods in the lucky bag is definitely more than the price of the lucky bag. The number of lucky bags is limited, in order to buy preferential goods, but also in order to get the jackpot for the new year, RB people will line up early, and at the moment the store opens, desperately run to the lucky bag counter to rush to buy, called "grabbing blessings".

On the morning of January 7, RB had the custom of drinking seven-herb porridge. It is designed to alleviate the spleen and stomach from overeating during the New Year and comprehensively replenish the nutrients needed for winter. The ingredients of the Seven Herbs Porridge are: "セリ" (water cress), "薺 (なずな)" (荠菜), "御形 (ごぎょう)/Mother and Child Grass (ははこぐさ)" (Rat Grass), "繁縷 (はこべら)" (Chickweed), "仏の座 (ほとけのざ)/タビラコ" (Bao Gai Grass / Rice Cha Cai), "菘 (すずな)/蕪 (かぶ)" (Cranberry / 蕪), "蘿蔔 (すずしろ)/Big Root (だいこん)" (radish). All of them are healthy ingredients that are very good for the spleen and stomach.

Although there are many types, people now also keep the rules of these traditional festivals very well, and ordinary people may not pay attention to them so much, but they are probably not much different. Noble clans in RB places like the Ikoma family, which can leave their names in history, have a very important feeling for these rules and etiquette and have a dedication to obeying and passing them on.

Ikoma Rina has been following her family at home for the past few days to participate in various activities, as well as the reunion of former high school classmates, and other people are surprised to see that Ikoma Rina has now become an idol, and at the same time, they have also given her the greatest blessings, which makes Ikoma Rina very happy and happy.

"Rina, have you had a good past two days?" Ikoma's mother asked as she talked to Rina Ikoma while she was resting.

"Uh-huh, I really feel the most comfortable at home!" said Ikoma Rina with a smile and a nod.

"Hmm...... You're leaving again, aren't you?" said Ikoma's mother, a little reluctantly.

"Uh-huh, I'm going back after two days off!" confirmed Rina Ikoma.

"If only I could take a little more time...... "Ikoma's mother sighed.

"I'm very happy to be able to come back and celebrate the New Year with everyone, mom, it's okay, please don't worry about me when you go back, this year we are going to make our official debut at Nogizaka 46, we will definitely do our best!" said Ikoma Rina comforting to her mother.

"Well, my daughter, it must be the best!" Ikoma's mother complimented. Rina Ikoma happily hugged her mother, and the mother and daughter hugged each other happily.

"Nana Sai...... Are you unhappy?" Nishino Nanase's mother specially found Nishino Nanase, after returning from the New Year, although her daughter behaved the same as usual, but the interest was not too high, as if something was hidden, these small places Nishino's mother could feel.

"No, it's nothing......" Nanase Nishino replied quietly.

"Was it bullying by other people?" asked Nishino's mother tentatively.

"No, no, everyone is very nice to me, and the members of the group are very easy to get along with......" Nanase Nishino quickly explained, for fear that her mother would misunderstand something.

"What's going on...... Don't you like this profession?" her mother looked at her worriedly.

"It's not ......," Nanase Nishino said again.

In the end, under the continuous attempts of his mother, Nanase Nishino finally said what he was embarrassed about.

"Before, when I stayed in a hotel with everyone, Takayama and I lived in the same room, so we were able to live well...... Now that I'm in a dormitory, I feel a little lonely when I go back to the house every day...... Don't want to live in a dormitory...... When I went home, I felt better at home, and I didn't want to go back to live. Nishino Nanase slurred and slurred the reason.

"I see. Nishino's mother said that she understood, and it turned out that she had been bothering this problem.

"I'm going to talk to your father and ask the person in charge of your company if you can leave your stay for the time being and go back and forth from home to Tokyo. Nishino's mother thought for a moment and said.

"Is it really possible?" Nanase Nishino asked with wide eyes.

"Well, we'll give it a try, Nanasai, don't be upset, it's okay. Nishino's mother comforted her.

"Uh-huh! Hopefully...... Yes, yes. "Nanase Nishino finally has the spirit, and the tangled ones that he is troubled finally have a solution.

"Well, I'll discuss it with your dad in the evening, it's fine. Nishino's mother said.

"Thank you, Mom. Nanase Nishino said politely.

Nishino's mother nodded, then walked out of Nishino Nanase's room and closed the door with her hand, thinking about how to go with Nishino's father to ask Nogizaka's responsible staff to agree to this matter.

"Is that what Nanasai meant?" In the evening, Nishino Nanase's mother told Nishino's father about Nishino's melancholy, and Nishino's father also fell into thought.

"Okay, when I go back, I'll go back with her, and ask people to be more tolerant and discuss with them. "Nishino Nanase's father decided to do it, since his daughter can't live in Tokyo anymore, it's nothing to work hard, and now Nishino Nanase is obviously more cheerful than when she was at home before, and her depression when she goes home this time is also discovered by Nishino's mother who is too sensitive, and now when eating, Nishino Nanase will also talk a lot to her family, and her smile is a lot more, Nishino's father is very happy when he looks at his daughter's changes.

"Well, talk to someone. Our daughter, after all, is still a little different from other girls...... "Nishino's mother whispered.

"Well, now that Nanasai has developed in the direction we wanted, and has her own new friends, according to what she usually says, the members get along well, I think it's really good!" Nishino's father said with relief.

"Na-chan, are you happy at home for the New Year? I miss you very much! When we go back, let's go eat something delicious together!" Takayama sent a message to Nishino Nanase, and attached a photo of himself at home during the New Year, looking very happy.

"Komi, ah......" After reading the message and seeing the picture in the photo, Nanase Nishino showed a real heartfelt smile.