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2. Children's Day (Japan) - Wikipedia

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   After Japan switched to the Gregorian calendar, the date was moved to May 5. [9] Until 1948, Children's Day was known as Boys' Day (also known as Feast of Banners), celebrating boys and recognizing fathers, as the counterpart to Hinamatsuri, or "Girl's Day" on March 3. In 1948, the name was changed to Children's Day to include both male and ...

3. Koinobori - Wikipedia

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   Koinobori at Chizu, Tottori with a patterned windsock at the top. Koinobori (鯉のぼり), meaning ' carp streamer ' in Japanese, are carp-shaped windsocks traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Tango no sekku (端午の節句), a traditional calendrical event which is now designated as Children's Day (子供の日, Kodomo no hi), a national holiday in Japan. [1]

4. File:Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Banners for the boys festival.jpg

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5. Shichi-Go-San - Wikipedia

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   Shichi-Go-San ritual at a Shinto shrine A young girl dressed traditionally for Shichi-Go-San Kunisada. Shichi-Go-San is said to have originated in the Heian period amongst court nobles who would celebrate the passage of their children into middle childhood, but it is also suggested that the idea was originated from the Muromachi period due to high infant mortality.

6. Golden Week (Japan) - Wikipedia

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   Children's Day (子供の日, Kodomo no Hi), also known as Boys' Day or the Feast of Banners, traditionally celebrated as Tango no Sekku (端午の節句). 5 May Note that Citizen's Holiday ( 国民の休日 , Kokumin no Kyūjitsu ) is a generic term for any official holiday.

7. Nobori - Wikipedia

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   These colorful nobori outside Tō-ji announce a bazaar being held within the grounds of the temple.. Nobori (幟) is a Japanese type of banner.They are long, narrow flags, attached to a pole with a cross-rod to hold the fabric straight out and prevent it from furling around the rod; this way, the field is always visible and identifiable.

8. List of Japanese flags - Wikipedia

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   5.2 Daimyō Banners present in old paintings. 6 Minorities. 7 Cultural flags. 8 Prefectural flags. 9 Municipal flags. ... This is a list of Japanese flags, past and ...

9. Bishōnen - Wikipedia

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   Gackt, a Japanese singer-songwriter, is considered to be one of the living manifestations of the Bishōnen phenomenon. [1] [2]Bishōnen (美少年, IPA: [bʲiɕo̞ꜜːnẽ̞ɴ] ⓘ; also transliterated bishounen) is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth (boy)" and describes an aesthetic that can be found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man of androgynous beauty.