Akiko
Imai
____________________
from
Japan
Many
young
Japanese
people
often
____________________
New
Year
with
friends
but
Akiko
____________________
stays
at
home
with
her
family
.
In
Japan
New
year
is
____________________
the
31st
of
December
.
On
that
day
Akiko
watches
TV
and
eats
a
special
kind
____________________
pasta
called
soba
.
____________________
midnight
(
12
o'clock
)
,
she
____________________
to
the
sound
of
the
temple
bell
ringing
.
It
rings
108
times
.
____________________
New
Year´s
day
,
1st
of
January
Akiko
and
____________________
family
drink
sake
a
kind
of
rice
wine
.
New
Year
is
one
of
the
____________________
important
days
in
Japan
and
Akiko
always
enjoys
it
.
