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🎁 Oseibo: Japanese year-end gifts for superiors, business partners, or family. Typically practical items (beer, soap) bought at department stores & sent via courier.

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OSeibo Or Japanese End of Year Gift Giving : お歳暮　おせいぼ
🎁 Oseibo: Japanese year-end gifts for superiors, business partners, or family. Typically practical items (soap, beer) bought at department stores & sent via courier. Sales start in November…
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December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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December 13th is the start of New Year’s preparations in Japan. On this day bills and loans are to be paid from the previous year and cleaning begins. #JapaneseCulture #ExotericJapan #JapaneseEvents #StartofNewYearsPreparationsinJapan 　 #DecemberinJapan

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Start of New Year’s Preparations in Japan 正月事始め　しょうがつことはじめ
December 13th is the start of New Year’s preparations in Japan. On this day bills and loans are to be paid from the previous year and cleaning begins…
https://exotericjapan.com/events/start-of-new-years-preparations-in-japan-正月事始め
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Shōsetsu is the time of year between November 22nd and December 6th according to the traditional Chinese calendar. It was also the time when snows were first expected to fall.

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Shōsetsu 小雪　しょうせつ
Shōsetsu is the time of year between November 22nd and December 6th according to the traditional Chinese calendar. It was also the time when snows were first expected to fall…
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November 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Koromogae: October Seasonal Change Of Clothing 衣替え　ころもがえ
The October Seasonal Change of Clothing is a time to put away cooler summer clothes and put on the fall and winter attire. This is mainly for uniforms…
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September 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The Meguro Denenchofu Walking Course | 目黒田園調布コース meanders through once countryside falconry ranges. Here is the early expansion of modern 20th century Tokyo.

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September 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Fall Equinox Day falls either on September 22nd or 23rd. It is a time specifically to maintain the ancestors' graves, but also or local festivals at temples.

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Fall Equinox Day 秋のお彼岸　あきのおひがん
Fall Equinox Day falls either on September 22nd or 23rd. It is a time specifically to maintain the ancestors' graves, but also or local festivals at temples…
https://exotericjapan.com/events/fall-equinox-day-秋のお彼岸
September 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September every year as a Grandparents’ day in Japan where the elderly are thanked for their wisdom.

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Respect for the Aged Day　敬老の日　けいろうのひ
Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September every year as a Grandparents’ day in Japan where the elderly are thanked for their wisdom…
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September 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Guide to Tokyo Sea Forest Park | Umi no Mori Park | 海の森公園
he newly opened Sea Forest Park aka Umi no Mori Park (海の森公園) is a curated forest park just off of Odaiba on one of the new islands built by landfill …
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September 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Double Ninth Festival　重陽の節句　ちょうようのせっく
The Double Ninth Festival in Japan on September Ninth is a time to pray for your own good health and partake in anything you can infuse with chrysanthemums…
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September 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Disaster Preparedness In Japan Survival Guide
Disaster preparedness in Japan is a little known, but very significant part of life in this country and psychology of its people…
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September 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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September in Japan | 九月 Holidays and Events
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September 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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The Owara Kaze no Bon from Septmeber 1st through the 3rd is a rather unique, fun, and overcrowded event. Originally the dance was a form of sacrifice, but today dancers look for new partners.
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Owara Kaze no Bon aka “Owara Bon Dance of the Wind” おわら風の盆　おわらかぜのぼん　（富山　とよま)
The Owara Kaze no Bon is a rather unique, fun, and overcrowded event. Originally the dance was a form of sacrifice, but today dancers look for new partners…
https://exotericjapan.com/events/kaze-no-bon-aka-bon-dance-of-the-wind-おわら風の盆
August 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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The Hassaku Festival is the last of the summer festivals held from September the 1st to 7th in Kyushu and Kinki regions. It is a time to pray for calm weather so as not to flatten the rice fields and ruin the harvest!

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Hassaku Festival 八朔祭　はっさくまつり
The Hassaku Festival is the last of the summer festivals. It is a time to pray for calm weather so as not to flatten the rice fields and ruin the harvest…
https://exotericjapan.com/events/hassaku-festival-八朔
August 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Jizō Bon 地蔵盆　じぞうぼん
Jizō Bon is primarily a child based festival that is centered on Kyoto. It signifies the end of summer vacation and the coming of autumn. It really isn’t a touristy thing, but if you are…
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August 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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The Seven Wonders of Fukagawa are seven mysterious phenomena and legends that are said to have originated in the Edo period, particularly in the Fukagawa area.

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The Seven Wonders of Fukagawa | 深川七不思議 – Tokyo Urban Legends
he Seven Wonders of Fukagawa are seven mysterious phenomena and legends that are said to have originated in the Edo period, particularly in the Fukagawa area. They are said to …
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August 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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NyuBai or TsuyuIri is the official beginning of the rainy season in Japan. Of course the weather doesn't obey calendars, but it does begin about this time every year. Farmers use this date to determine the rice planting season.
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NyuBai or the Beginning of the Rainy Season In Japan 入梅　にゅうばい or 梅雨入り　つゆいり
NyuBai or TsuyuIri is the official beginning of the rainy season in Japan. Of course the weather doesn't obey calendars, but it does begin about this time every year. Farmers use this date to determin...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Tsuyu, or the Japanese Rainy Season, is fantastically humid and lasts about a month and a half. So get ready for good times in the rain ;-D

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Tsuyu Survival Guide 梅雨サバイバルガイド The Japanese Rainy Season
Tsuyu, or the Japanese Rainy Season, is fantastically humid and lasts about a month and a half. So get ready for good times in the rain ;-D…
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June 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The Yosakoi Festival in Sapporo is held yearly for five days and usually ends on the second Sunday of June.

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YOSAKOI Soran Festival in Sapporo　YOSAKOI ソーラン祭り　YOSAKOI ソーランまつり
This festival is held yearly for five days and usually ends on the second Sunday of June. But the schedule can change of there are other big events going in Sapporo at the same time…
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May 31, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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June in Japan is when things just begin to get hot... And then the rainy season starts and it cools down and becomes incredibly humid. I mean wet sauna level humid. But there are still plenty of fun holidays and events to keep things ineresting ;-D

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June in Japan | 六月 Holidays and Events
une in Japan is when things just begin to get hot... And then the rainy season starts and it cools down and becomes incredibly humid. I mean wet sauna level humid. But there are still…
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May 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Koromagae on June 1st is one of two times a year that people in Japan are scheduled to changed their uniforms for work or school from winter to summer attire.

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Koromagae: The Time to Change Seasonal Uniforms For Summer In Japan 衣替え　ころもがえ
Koromagae on June 1st is one of two times a year that people in Japan are scheduled to changed their uniforms for work or school from winter to summer attire…
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May 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Higo-Hosokawa Garden is a beautiful old Japanese garden from the Higo Hosokawa family with a beautiful pond many trees and open space.

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May 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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May in Japan begins with the longest continuous string of holidays in Japan called Golden Week :-D

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May in Japan | 五月 Holidays and Events
ay in Japan begins with the longest continuous string of holidays in Japan called Golden Week! Greenery Day, Children's Day, Constitution Memorial Day, and Showa Day are all crammed in there together....
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May 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Information Each Of The Tokyo Metropolitan Gardens : 東京都故園

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Map of Tokyo Metropolitan Gardens across the Metropolis
The Map of Tokyo Metropolitan Gardens show the location of all the Tokyo Metropolitan Gardens across the wide metropolis of Tokyo…
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May 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The Kyoto Hollyhock festival akd aoi matsuri 葵祭 is little known but still beautiful festival in mid-May in Kyoto.

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Kyoto Hollyhock Festival / Aoi Matsuri（Kyoto City) 葵祭　あおいまつり
Kyoto Hollyhock Festival Events here are two parts to Aoi Matsuri: the procession and the shrine rites. The procession is led by the Imperial Messenger. Following the imperial messenger are: …
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May 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Mibu Kyōgen are pantomimed Buddhist prothelytizing plays that are performed every Golden Week at Kyoto's Mibu Dera temple in late April and early May.

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Mibu Kyōgen 壬生狂言　みぶきょうげん
Mibu Kyōgen are pantomimed Buddhist prothelytizing plays that are performed every Golden Week at Kyoto's Mibu Dera temple in late April and early May…
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April 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM