New Year's Eve is in Japan is almost like Christmas Eve in Australia. This how we spent it, we went over our friends' house and joined them for a family meal while watching the NHK variety concert on TV. In Australia on Christmas Eves, I went to my parents house for a family meal and watched the Christmas concert on TV. New Years Eve when I was in Australia was more a party with my friends type of night. Actually you can see some photos of a New Years Eve Party, I went to in Australia two years before at the following location:- http://www.pbase.com/jameslclarke/newyears0607