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Japanese Festivals and Holidays

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A deck about special days in Japan! Keep checking back because this deck will grow as we encounter more traditional festivals and holidays throughout the year!

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Introduction to Japanese Festivals and Holidays

The essentials of Japanese festivals and holidays

祭（まつり）

節句（せっく）

seasonal festival

旗日（はたび）

national holiday

ナショナルホリデー

national holiday

聖日（せいじつ）

religious holiday, holy day

記念日（きねんび）

holiday, anniversary, memorial day

雑節（ざっせつ）

standard days signifying the changing of the seasons (i.e. setsubun, higan, etc.)

Setsubun - around 3rd February

Saying good bye to winter and hello to spring

節分（せつぶん）

last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usually February 3 or 4), holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony), last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

鬼（おに）

ogre, demon, spirit of a deceased person, ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.), it (i.e. in a game of tag), Chinese 'ghost' constellation (one of the 28 mansions), very, extremely, super-

福（ふく）

鬼（おに）は外（そと）福（ふく）は内（うち）

out with the demon, in with fortune, devils out, good luck in

豆（まめ）

節分豆（せつぶんまめ）

parched beans (or nuts) scattered around the house during setsubun

福豆（ふくまめ）

parched beans scattered on Setsubun

豆（まめ）まき

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.)

豆男（まめおとこ）

man who scatters beans on Setsubun

柊鰯（ひいらぎいわし）

sardine and holly charm, sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

恵方巻（えほうまき）

ehōmaki, uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun for good luck

National Foundation Day - 11th February

Commemorating the establishment of the Japanese nation

建国（けんこく）

founding of a nation

建国者（けんこくしゃ）

founder (of a nation)

建国（けんこく）の父（ちち）

founding father (of a country)

建国記念（けんこくきねん）の日（ひ）

National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)

Emperor's Birthday - 23rd February

Will you celebrate by sending the Emperor of Japan a letter or visiting the Imperial Palace?

天皇（てんのう）

Emperor of Japan

お誕生日（たんじょうび）

天皇誕生日（てんのうたんじょうび）

Emperor's Birthday (national holiday; February 23)

お誕生日（たんじょうび）おめでとうございます

手紙（てがみ）

皇居（こうきょ）

Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence

一般参賀（いっぱんさんが）

congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (for New Year and the Emperor's birthday)

Hina Matsuri - 3rd March

Time to get your dolls out

人形（にんぎょう）

doll, puppet, figure

雛人形（ひなにんぎょう）

hina doll, doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

ひな祭（まつ）り

Hinamatsuri (March 3), Girls' Festival, Dolls' Festival

桃（もも）の節句（せっく）

Doll's Festival (March 3), Peach Festival

ひな壇（だん）

tiered doll stand (for hina dolls)

お雛様（ひなさま）

display of dolls during Hinamatsuri

雛遊（ひなあそ）び

playing with dolls displayed on the Girl's Festival

菜（な）の花（はな）

rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers

雛（ひな）あられ

sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

菱餅（ひしもち）

rhombus-shaped mochi

ちらし寿司（ずし）

chirashi, chirashizushi, sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top

蛤（はまぐり）

common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)

流（なが）し雛（びな）

paper dolls floated downriver on March 3

男雛（おびな）

Emperor hina doll

女雛（めびな）

Empress doll (in display with Emperor doll)

内裏雛（だいりびな）

festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

五人囃子（ごにんばやし）

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

大臣（だいじん）

cabinet minister

仕丁（しちょう）

men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system)

衛士（えじ）

gate guard (during the ritsuryō system), gate guardian

雪洞（ぼんぼり）

paper-covered lamp or lantern

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