Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! (= A Happy New Year, in English)
Even though it's a bit late, I upload a message here.
This year (2009) is a year of a cow according to Japanese tradition.
It appears that not every body knows about this custom in East Asia, so I will just a describe about a little bit. We have a 12 animals for year (mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster and dog), and it rotate every year.
As I was born in 1982, my 'eto' (year of animal) is dog!
