[For seniors] January health topics: A roundup of popular recreational activities from exercises and crafts to New Year’s games

Wall decoration: extra-large fluffy kagami mochi

[January Wall Decoration] Fluffy Extra-Large Kagami Mochi [Easy Craft] Kagami mochi

At New Year’s, we display kagami mochi as a vessel for the Toshigami deity.

In this idea, we’ll recreate the kagami mochi using fluffy tissue paper.

First, stack several sheets of tissue paper, accordion-fold them, and tie the center with thread.

Then carefully separate the layers one by one, pulling them toward the center.

This will create a half-sphere, flower-like shape.

Make a total of five of these pieces, and create the mikan (mandarin) as well by using orange tissue paper in a slightly smaller size.

Stack these in tiers to form the kagami mochi on the wall.

Cut out the mikan leaves and a sanpō (ceremonial wooden stand) from construction paper to finish it off with a festive touch.

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New Year’s decoration of Mount Fuji

[New Year Decoration] Let's make a Mt. Fuji New Year decoration out of paper. 🗻

Imagine a hanging scroll and let’s make a New Year’s decoration featuring Mt.

Fuji.

First, cover the entire surface of the cardboard base with reversible crepe paper, then attach washi-pattern origami to the top and bottom.

Cut a Mt.

Fuji shape from the reversible crepe paper, create the snowcap with white drawing paper, and layer and glue it on.

Cut a circle from gold origami and glue it onto the base, then attach the Mt.

Fuji on top.

Finally, decorate with rabbit, flower, and ribbon parts, attach a hanging string, and you’re done.

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Kadomatsu wall decoration

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Perfectly sized for your room! Here’s an introduction to a Kadomatsu wall decoration.

Materials include origami paper, decoration balls, toothpicks, straws, wire, and more.

You’ll make the base, bamboo, fan, New Year’s pick, mochi-flowers, and nandina parts.

Once the parts are ready, insert them into a base filled with styrofoam and arrange them in a balanced way.

To finish, attach the decorated Kadomatsu to a square cork coaster covered with chirimen fabric.

The parts are easy to make by layering or rolling origami paper and inserting decoration balls onto wire, so feel free to use this idea for a New Year’s recreation activity!

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Rearrangement Quiz: Speaking of Winter

[Brain Training] For Senior Facilities: Speaking of Winter (2) “A Little Daily Brain Training” ✨

The rearrangement quiz involves putting the given hiragana characters into the correct order.

In this quiz video, the theme is words associated with winter.

It starts off easy with four characters, but as the quiz goes on, the number of characters increases and it gets more difficult.

Hints are provided, so if you’re unsure, use them to help you think.

Since all the words are related to winter, keeping that in mind may help certain questions click.

Note that there may be more than one correct answer for a given puzzle, so please be careful.

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20 Winter Multiple-Choice Quiz Questions

20 Winter Quiz Questions: Perfect for This Time of Year!

Let’s take on a quiz all about winter! It’s packed with questions that let you enjoy the season from many angles—snow, constellations, winter sports, seasonal foods, New Year’s traditions, and more.

As you have fun with the quiz, you’ll deepen your knowledge of all kinds of winter-related facts.

There are also plenty of fun tidbits that can spark lively conversation, so you can enjoy chatting while tackling the quiz with family and friends.

All questions are presented in a three-choice multiple-choice format.

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New Year’s holiday quiz

[Brain Training] New Year Holiday Quiz 🌟 The Graceful Atmosphere of Japanese New Year 🎍 — Dementia Prevention & Brain Training — Guaranteed to Liven Up Any Care Activity Just by Adding It ✨

When it comes to the year-end and New Year period, there’s the year-end wrap-up at work, a big cleanup, and then right away the New Year—Oshogatsu—arrives.

This quiz gathers questions related to that festive season.

The formats vary—multiple-choice, true-or-false, and more—but since you can simply choose answers, people of all ages can enjoy it.

It also teaches the meanings and origins of things like the zodiac, New Year’s decorations, and osechi cuisine, making it educational and a great opportunity to rediscover Japanese traditions.

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January Trivia Quiz

[For senior facilities: Quiz and brain training] A new year has begun again! Please take on the January trivia quiz together!!! We appreciate your continued support for Donguri Matsuri this year as well!!!

It’s a quiz that covers a wide range of January-specific topics, including New Year’s events, customs, and history.

Because the questions are drawn from diverse themes, you naturally encounter bits of knowledge you might feel you know but actually don’t.

The simple question format makes it easy to jump in, and getting an answer right is satisfying, while even a wrong answer rewards you with fun trivia.

If you play with family or friends, the answers spark conversation and make it enjoyable across generations.

It’s well-balanced content that’s easy to enjoy at the start of the New Year and offers learning value, too.