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The New Year is the most important holiday in Japan, and is a symbol of renewal. In December, various Bonenkai or ”forget-the-year parties ”are held to bid farewell to the problems and concerns of the past year and prepare for a new beginning. Misunderstandings and grudges are forgiven and houses are scrubbed. At midnight on December 31st, Buddhist temples strike their gongs 108 times, in an effort to expel 108 types of human weakness.