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May 01 ,2019 SERIES

[ Golden Week, the longest vacation of Japan in 2019 ]

Japan has started a new era with changing her reign title to "Reiwa", but it is so exaggerated to say so, because in fact, our life has not changed too much. However, due to the accession of the new Mikado, there will be a big change, that is, the Golden Week of this year, a 10-day consecutive holiday. This time, I'd like to introduce to you this special Golden Week!

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Apr 01 ,2019 SERIES

[ Spring, the season of entrance ceremony ]

Last month, I present to you the article about the Japanese graduation ceremony. When the graduation ceremony ends, the following will be entrance ceremony. To my surprise, I heard it is only in Japan that graduation ceremony and the entrance ceremony are held in spring, and in most countries, such events will be held in the fall.

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Mar 01 ,2019 SERIES

[ The custom to give the second button as a present in graduation ceremony]

Which season in your country is the graduation ceremony in? In Japan, traditionally March is the time for graduation ceremony and April is the season for entrance ceremony. Not only in schools, in this time more people will have inaugural activities and job changes, which is the season when the social environment around one changes the most.

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Feb 01 ,2019 SERIES

[ Do you eat sushi rolls quietly? A little unusual Japanese culture ]

In the article of February last year, we introduced one of the Setsubun events called Mamemaki (Eating beans to drive away the evil! ⇦paste article link here please). This time we will introduce another Setsubun event called Eho-maki.

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Jan 02 ,2019 SERIES

[ How old are you this year? Introducing the yakudoshi (calamitous years)in Japan ]

Happy New Year to everyone!
Sincerely hope all of you are better in this year.
Well, I will introduce you the Japanese cultures this time by taking"yakudoshi" as the main title.
"Taku" is a word that expresses sadness and disasters, and the words"yakudoshi" has been considered a unlucky from ancient time. "Yakudoshi" means that bad things relating to the age will happen to you. The age in the yakudoshi varies with the men and women, and the man will meet it three times, and the woman will be about four times. Moreover, "yakudoshi" is divided into three parts like the former,the middle and the latter covering the length of three years. Be sure to pay attention to such misfortune. (Yakudoshi can be found by counting the age)

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Dec 01 ,2018 SERIES

[ The coming of winter, how to spend winter solstice ]

The winter solstice is the day when the sun elevation is the lowest and the sunshine duration is the shortest of the year in the northern hemisphere. In terms of sunshine time difference, it will be nearly five hours in Tokyo, while more than six hours in Hokkaido.

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Nov 01 ,2018 SERIES

[ Let's celebrate the Shichi-Go-San Festival ]

Seven-five-three, what do you think of these numbers? In fact, this is the number that represents the age of the child. In Japan, Shichi-Go-San Festival will be held annually on November 15 to celebrate the growth and well-being of young children. But why such festival is for 7 years old,

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Oct 01 ,2018 SERIES

[ The Japanese unique culture in autumn? Sports Meet! ]

In last article, Yuko introduced the national holidays in Japan, among them, do you still remember the Health-Sports Day? During this period when both temperature and humidity are all just right, an activity called "sports meet" will be held in all Japanese schools. It is said that this activity originated in the United Kingdom and Germany, but it is only Japan that has survived it as a culture. This time, I will introduce such "sports meet" to you.

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Sep 03 ,2018 SERIES

[ Japanese National Holiday in Autumn ]

Japan is a big country for holiday, only in June there is no government-specified holiday, and there are holidays which are called "national holiday" in the rest of months.

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Aug 01 ,2018 SERIES

[ Meet the Ancestors ]

Speaking of the traditional Japanese festivals in August, people must think about the "O-Bon". O-Bon is a festival of tomb-sweeping and mukaebi-lighting to thank the gods and ancestors. The O-Bon is usually held around August 13～16 （varied from place to place）， during this period, many companies will stop working, and people will return home to sweep the tombs, meet their relatives and offer ancestors. This time I'd like to introduce to you the methods of Japanese offering ancestors during O-Bon.

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Jul 03 ,2018 SERIES

[ Enjoy Tanabata Night ]

When talking about the activities in July, it must be the "Tanabata" on July 7th.
Prior to this, I have been introducing to you many ritual activities of Japan in different seasons which are originated from Chinese Culture, and, the Tanabata is also came from China. July 7th is one of gosekku too, this time I'd like to introduce to you the Japan’s Tanabata.

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Jun 07 ,2018

Sweep away the blue of rainy day! Making method of Teruterubouzu

Every June is the "tsuyu" season in which the weather is cloudy and rainy. The grey rainy day may let people feel miserable...but once upon a time Japan has had a magical custom that can make the next day clear up! Today I'd like to introduce this custom to you.

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