City streets in Japan on New Year's Eve. The audience is passing by, a tram is passing by. The buildings are decorated with bamboo bouquets and flags. Rickshaws are going by. Actors give a performance on the street, passers-by, children are watching. Merchants carry trays with goods. View of the building of the Japanese theater. A girl in a kimono on the veranda of the house watering a bonsai given to her for the holiday.