Twas the Eve of Shogatsu (New Year’s Day) Contest
Though some of the words and phrases may have been lost in translation, the similarities between the iconic holiday poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” and the recently discovered Japanese poem entitled “‘Twas the Eve of Shogatsu (New Year’s Day),” the similarities between the two are striking. “The Eve of Shogatsu” is a first-hand account […]
