Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival of Japan, is typically held on July 7, the seventh day of the seventh month. In some areas, where the lunar calendar is still used to calculate this holiday, it occurs on August 7. Our recent trip to Fussa showed the festival taking place on 7 – 10 August. The festival is based… Read More
One of the most highly anticipated celebrations in the whole world is the Feast of Saint Valentine, more popularly known as Valentine’s Day. It is an annual holiday, celebrated on the 14th of February each year remembering and honoring one or more saints named Valentinus. During this time of the year, most people who are enthusiastically celebrating this day are… Read More
Every third day of the third month of the year, Japan celebrates the Girl’s Festival, more popularly known as the Doll’s Festival. The general word for the girl’s day is hina, which can be combined to form the word tachibina (standing hina) or dairi-bina (the seated royal pair of dolls featured in many displays). In Japan, the Doll’s festival is… Read More
In the traditional lunisolar calendar, the National Foundation Day is celebrated on the New Year’s Day. National Foundation Day, also called as Kenkoku Kinen no Hi, is a national holiday in Japan which is held on the 11th day of February every year. This festivity aims at celebrating the foundation of Japan and the accession of its first emperor, Jimmu. In the Meiji period, the Japanese government… Read More
If you are a health buff who likes playing sports, spending the whole day sweating your fat off and enjoys living an active lifestyle, this holiday is for you! The first ever Health and Sports day in Japan was held on October 10, 1966, to commemorate the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. In the year 2000, it was… Read More
Another annual event celebrated in Japan is the Japanese Cultural Festival, also known as Bunka no Hi. This event always occurs on the 3rd day of November. This holiday is to commemorate that on this day in 1946, the constitution of Japan was officially announced. To commemorate this event, the date was declared as a national holiday two years later,… Read More