First sunrise

Such a custom may be just an observation of the sunrise on a special day, or has a religious meaning for those who worship the Sun, such as the followers of traditional religions in Korea and Japan and the Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and the Iñupiat in the Arctic Circle, for praying for good luck.

In Japan, the observation of the first sunrise of the year (Japanese: 初日の出, romanized: Hatsu-Hinode) on the first day on the Old Calendar has been part of the traditional Shintoist worship of Amaterasu, the sun goddess.

In Mongolia, there is a custom of observing the first sunrise on the first day of the year at the top of the mountain the Mongolian lunisolar calendar.

Pohang Homigot, Ulleung County and Jeongdongjin are famous place to watch first sunrise.

[4] In the Arctic circle, the Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and the Iñupiat observe the first sunrise on the first day of the year (Inuktitut: ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ) by extinguishing three qulliqs and relighting them.