New Year Illustrations

This page features a collection of cute New Year’s illustrations. It includes traditional Japanese items and activities such as kadomatsu decorations, rice cake pounding (mochi-tsuki), kite flying, spinning tops, and temari (handballs). These illustrations are also great for use in New Year’s cards. For newsletters or other printed materials, we recommend our frame and border illustrations that allow space for adding text. Perfect for nursery letters, kindergarten updates, class newsletters, school communications, health bulletins, food education letters, PTA notices, and more. All illustrations are free to download and can be used for commercial purposes with no registration required. They’re ideal for design projects—especially when you need a little extra inspiration or support.