Fill in the Blanks KET reading and writingOnline version Portfolio activities by Diana Ivette Tapia Fernández 1 At of usually on comes listens spend most her On Akiko Imai from Japan Many young Japanese people often New Year with friends but Akiko stays at home with her family . In Japan New year is the 31st of December . On that day Akiko watches TV and eats a special kind pasta called soba . midnight ( 12 o'clock ) , she to the sound of the temple bell ringing . It rings 108 times . New Year´s day , 1st of January Akiko and family drink sake a kind of rice wine . New Year is one of the important days in Japan and Akiko always enjoys it .