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Autumnal Equinox Day became a public holiday in 1948. In 1947 and before, it was the date of Shūki kōreisai (秋季皇霊祭), an event relating to Shinto. Like other holidays, this holiday was repackaged as a non-religious holiday for the sake of separation of religion and state in Japan's postwar constitution.
Modern Japanese culture has invented a kind of "compromised" way of setting dates for festivals called Tsuki-okure ("One-Month Delay") or Chūreki ("The Eclectic Calendar"). The festival is celebrated just one solar calendar month later than the date on the Gregorian calendar. For example, the Buddhist festival of Obon was the 15th day of the ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Autumn events in Japan" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Tsukimi or Otsukimi (お月見), meaning, "moon-viewing", are Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon, a variant of the Mid-Autumn Festival.The celebration of the full moon typically takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the traditional Japanese calendar, known as Jūgoya (十五夜, fifteenth night); [1] the waxing moon is celebrated on the 13th day of the ninth month, known ...
This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
The unusual heat Japan has experienced was made three times more likely because of the climate crisis, the study found. In 2024, a record number of people died from heatstroke in Tokyo, with 252 ...
[2] [3] Summer and autumn hold many distinct festivals with bright lights, floats, dancing and music. [4] Winter is centered on snow festivals where attendees can view ice sculptures and enjoy local cuisine inside an ice hut. [5] This is a list of festivals in Aomori Prefecture. [6]
In Japan, Pumpkins (kabocha) are a winter squash associated with the autumn harvest. It may be less obvious why the moon ( tsuki ) is an autumn kigo, since it is visible year round. In autumn the days become shorter and the nights longer, yet they are still warm enough to stay outside, so one is more likely to notice the moon.