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Setsubun: Do You Know Where Your Beans Are?

By ⋅ February 4, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Ah, Setsubun. This special day marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring on the Japanese lunar calendar. It’s a little bit like a New Year’s party in terms of one period coming to a close while a new one starts. It is celebrated in temples and home throughout the country. There are [...]

Scenes From Summer

By ⋅ October 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve gotten pretty backlogged with my photos.  Summer is finally winding down (at least, I think it is – some days the weather still seems unsure of what month is is), and we’re transitioning into Autumn, at long last.  The weeks of complaining about the heat have been abandoned and will be soon replaced by [...]

Tanabata!

By ⋅ July 7, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

With summer in Japan comes heat, humidity, increasingly irritating insects, and festivals (along with some other stuff, I’m sure)! Tanabata is a summer festival observed every year on July 7th. This event is a celebration of the story of two lovers called Orihime and Hikoboshi (AKA the stars Vega and Altair). In accordance with the [...]

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