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日本 の まつり Japanese Festivals. おしょうがつ. おしょうがつ. 一月一日 ＝ 1st January New Year’s Day is an important holiday in Japan for families. Decorations include pine and plum branches, bamboo stalks and ropes. People visit shrines and relatives. せつぶん. せつぶん. 二月三日 ＝ 3rd February
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おしょうがつ 一月一日 ＝ 1st January New Year’s Day is an important holiday in Japan for families. Decorations include pine and plum branches, bamboo stalks and ropes. People visit shrines and relatives.
せつぶん 二月三日 ＝ 3rd February This is a Bean Throwing Ceremony. People visit temples. They shout おには、 そと ＝ Devils out ふくは、 うち ＝ Fortune in to drive away the devil.
ひなまつり 三月三日 ＝3rd March This is a girls festival. A set of ‘hina’ dolls and miniature household articles are arranged on shelving in the tatami room of the house.
おはなみ 四月 ＝ April Cherry Blossom Viewing happens all over Japan in parks, temples, shrines, and castles. People have picnic parties under the blossoms.
こども の ひ 五月五日 ＝5th May Children’s Day is a national holiday to celebrate children. Families fly carp-shaped flags and children eat rice cakes. Neighbourhoods have parties.
つゆ 六月 ＝ June The Rainy Season starts in early June and lasts until mid-July. People don’t usually travel at this time.
たなばた 七月七日 ＝ 7th July The Star Festival is an offering to the stars, Vega and Altair, who meet across the Milky Way. Children’s wishes are written on colourful paper and put on bamboo branches.
おぼん 八月十三日～十五日＝13th-15th August This Bon Festival is for the memory of the dead. People travel home to be with family . Lanterns are lit and Bon Odori folk dances are offered to comfort the souls.
おつきみ 九月十五日 ＝15th September The Moon Viewing festival is for praying for a rich harvest of rice. Some people believe a rabbit lives on the moon and makes rice dumplings – dango.
たいいく の ひ 十月九日 ＝9th October Sports Day is a National Holiday. It commemorates the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics being held in Tokyo. Schools and businesses hold their own sport events.
しち-ご-さん 十一月十五日 ＝15th November The children aged 3, 5 and 7 get dressed up and are taken to a shrine by their parents to express thanks and pray for future blessings.
おしょうがつ の じゅんび 十二月 ＝December New Year preparations begin mid-December. The house is cleaned and decorated. Rice cakes are made and New Year greeting cards are written and posted.
