KAKIZOME (First Calligraphy of the New Year) This is the first writing that is done in the New Year. This custom started long ago when people wrote haiku and other poems of happiness on January 2. Festival Traditions & Customs SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL HATSUHINODE OSECHI RYORI (JAPAN) HATSUMOUDE KAGAMIMOCHI TAKOAGE JOYA NO KANE TOSHIKOSHI SOBA YUKIDARUMA KAKIZOME Copyright(c) 2003 AJINOMOTO Co., Inc. All rights reserved.