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Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
International Tiger Day: July 29 World Ranger Day – International Ranger Federation: July 31 International Clouded Leopard Day [101] August 4 International Moon Bear Day: August 8 World Lion Day [102] August 10 World Elephant Day: August 12 World Hirola Day [103] August 12 International Wolf Day [104] [105] August 13 National Honey Bee Day ...
Tokyo holds many festivals (matsuri) throughout the year. Major Shinto shrine festivals include the Sanno Festival at Hie Shrine , and the Sanja Festival at Asakusa Shrine . The Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo is held every two years in May.
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Tokyo's busy shopping, business and entertainment district of Shibuya is trying hard to keep visitors at bay during this year's Halloween weekend. Banners across town say no drinking and no ...
The mayor of Tokyo's busy Shibuya shopping and entertainment district is asking Halloween celebrants not to visit, fearing that a large number of partygoers following the COVID-19 pandemic could ...
Celebrities throw roasted beans in Ikuta Shrine, Kobe Kimpusen-ji. Setsubun is the day before the beginning of spring in the old calendar in Japan. [1] [2] The name literally means 'seasonal division', referring to the day just before the first day of spring in the traditional calendar, known as Setsubun; though previously referring to a wider range of possible dates, Setsubun is now typically ...
By Francis Tang. TOKYO (Reuters) - Trash collectors in samurai costumes took to Tokyo's streets on Wednesday, theatrically wielding garbage tongs and flicking litter left from an evening of ...