While noisemakers are an integral part of new year's eve celebrations in many parts of the world, the Japanese extremely discourage any form of noise-making on New Year's Eve.In fact, the police are busy patrolling their localities at this time of the year in to maintain peace and silence.“Joya no Kane” is the only desirable loud sound on New Year's Eve. It is a Buddhist tradition of banging the temple bell 108 times to welcome the new year.This practice originated from the belief that there are 108 types of unnecessary emotions (Bonno) in the world such as anger, grudge, and discord, among others.Buddhist monks alternately strike the bell from 11:00 p.m., with the final strike coinciding with the New Year, signifying the need to leave those emotions behind.Fireworks are big in Japan during the summer but not on New Year's Eve.Having said that, there are a lot of commercialized or westernized districts in Japan where one may experience the New Year's Eve fireworks and countdown parties.Roppongi and Shibuya in Tokyo are two of the most popular ones.