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===Japan=== Monetary gifts called {{Nihongo|''[[otoshidama]]''|お年玉}} are given to children during the [[Japanese New Year|New Year period]].<ref name="JapanFoundation">{{Cite web|url=https://www.irodori.jpf.go.jp/assets/data/elementary02/pdf/Z_L09.pdf|title=Elementary 2 – Lesson 9 What do people do on Coming-of-Age Day?|date=17 December 2020|access-date=3 February 2022|website=IRODORI Japanese for Life in Japan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202171247/https://www.irodori.jpf.go.jp/assets/data/elementary02/pdf/Z_L09.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2022|url-status=live|publisher=[[Japan Foundation]]|page=28|language=en}}</ref> White or {{Nihongo|decorated envelopes|お年玉袋|otoshidama-bukuro}} are used instead of red, with the name of the receiver usually written on the front.<ref name="MyNaviWoman2021">{{Cite web|url=https://woman.mynavi.jp/kosodate/articles/13627|title=''Otoshidama''|date=8 December 2021|access-date=3 February 2022|website=myNavi kosodate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227084501/https://woman.mynavi.jp/kosodate/articles/13627|archive-date=27 December 2021|url-status=live|publisher=Mynavi Corporation|language=ja|script-title=ja:【お年玉】名前の書き方・お金の入れ方・年代別相場や常識を確認|trans-title=Otoshidama – How to address, arrange the coins and notes, typical amount, and other common practices}}</ref> A similar practice, {{Nihongo|''[[shūgi-bukuro]]''|祝儀袋}}, is observed for Japanese weddings, but the envelope is folded rather than sealed, and decorated with an elaborate bow, called {{Nihongo|''[[mizuhiki]]''|水引}}.<ref name="MyNaviWedding">{{Cite web|url=https://wedding.mynavi.jp/contents/press/detail/post-26/|title=''Goshūgibukuro''|access-date=3 February 2022|website=myNavi wedding|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417201931/https://wedding.mynavi.jp/contents/press/detail/post-26/|archive-date=17 April 2021|url-status=live|publisher=Mynavi Corporation|language=ja|script-title=ja:ご祝儀袋に入れるお札の向きや包み方を動画で解説します|trans-title=''shūgibukuro'' – How to properly orientate banknotes, and how to wrap it}}</ref>
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