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Japanese Festivals and National Holidays. Spring is the beginning of a year. It’s so warm and comfortable season that many people like it. People wish for a happiness and healthy growth through a year in Spring. Spring. Doll festivals called Hina-Matsuri.
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Spring is the beginning of a year. It’s so warm and comfortable season that many people like it. People wish for a happiness and healthy growth through a year in Spring. Spring
Doll festivals called Hina-Matsuri It’s the festival for girls on 3rd in March Family with girls displays hina dolls People wish for a happiness and healthy growth. It’s believed that being late for put them back means being late for getting married.
Children’s day It’s national holiday for boyson May 5th. The day is aimed at celebrating the healthy growth of children and to thank their mothers Family with boys displays a helmet called kabuto They put up carp streamers called koinobori
very big hina dolls!!!! sushi formed hina dolls kabuto made of newspaper carp streamers made by children
There are many festivals in summer in Japan. People enjoy spending time there with their friends or families. They buy something to drink and eat at small shops like this picture. When some people go to the festivals, they wear yukata like Japanese kimono. Summer
The Star festival called Tanabata Celebarate a Chinese legend Held on the night of the 7th of July Pray to the gods for something Some ornaments are attached to branches of bamboo
Fireworks Festival many many colorful and big fireworks seeing beautiful fireworks makes un really happy Why people call ‘Tamaya--!!!’ when they watch fireworks?
Bon Dance Festival This is the Buddhist all souls’ day. Dancing for a service for dead people Music is slow tempo, and the arrangement of a dance is simple. Bon dance has been changing for many years.
Autumn This is calm season in a year, it’s not too hot and neither too cold. So people enjoy playing sports, reading books, and foods or something. And people can enjoy viewing colored leaves in Autumn. Leaves turn red or yellow or purple… There are so many colors in them.
Harvest Festival A festival for thanking to the god for harvest People carry a portable shrine Wearing coats called happi is common.
This is the coldest season in a year. We have a lot of snow in winter in the west of Japan. My place doesn’t have as mush snow as other place. Snow causes many troubles. For example, car accidents, a delay of trains and buses. On the other hand, falling snow is very beautiful. Winter
Snow Festival in Sapporo The history of this festival People visit Sapporo to see it from not only Japan also all over the world. Display some statues made of snow