To celebrate the new year, the tradition in Japan is to visit a Shinto shrine for the first prayer of the year. This visit is called Hatsumode. During Hatsumode, it is a custom to get an omikuji: fortune paper that predicts your future, granted from great blessing to great curse. To celebrate the new year, it is a custom in Japan to visit a Shinto shrine for the first prayer of the year. This visi