小正月

Pepper) is ..(.. day of the hope at the New Year (day of the full moon and old calendar January 15) at a small New Year. It is likely to be done on the solar calendar January 15 now. It calls like this while the New Year's Day is called the Taishou era moon. It has been thought the great remainder of the assumption of the day of hope the first in the moon before the luni-solar calendar of the China type is introduced. Among original pines even until this small New Year, even a small New Year, January 15 is "In the pine still. " in the Kansai area and the Kinki region.
There was a custom of eating the red bean rice gruel on the morning of this day. It is recorded to have eaten in 'Tosa Diary' and 'Makuranososhi', etc. ..old.. at a small New Year the red bean rice gruel. There is still a region where the custom of eating the red bean rice gruel before the length of Hidari remains in the farm village in the Tohoku region etc.It is often assumed that it is a taboo to eat the red bean (Or, it is food whole that does a red color including meat) for the period of a small New Year from the New Year's Day in these regions.
An event related to the agriculture of the wish for a good harvest etc. and a domestic event are centered for the Taishou era when a lot of events that face Toshicami and the ancestors' spirit are moon at a small New Year. It is busy in the pine and in the meaning that shows appreciation for the working housewife, there the provinces of woman New Year, too.

正月

"In the pine" (Partially 1 at present originally excluding the region until the seventh until January 15) until January 1st - January 3rd (first three days =) is often indicated now though "New Year" is originally an alias in January. Moreover, January 20 might be made a New Year, and January 20 is called a New Year (bone New Year) of the 20th. There is something that is called pepper) at a small New Year that centers the 15th (priest) and the old calendar) ..centering on the New Year's Day of the solar calendar.. .."Taishou era the moon" (.. ..(... The Taishou era moon also says small age () and woman's New Years a small New Year while called large age (threat) and man's New Years. December 8(Kansai the 13th) is called "Beginning at the New Year", and the preparation starts at the New Year.