And in russia the typical situation is like this:
we sit at the table with a lot of food and alcohol bevereges, then when it is midnight we listen to clock's beat at one of kremlin's towers and then we listen to our current president's new year speech, and finally we eat and drink and give and take presents (under the new year tree).
then some people go out to the street, launch some fireworks and shout "happy new year".
but i just stayed home and watched "Kiki's Delivery Service"
and how do you do it in Japan?