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April in Japan is the time to enjoy spending time with your friends while sipping away on Sake under the cherry blossoms. There are many other events, festivals, and holidays as well. Enjoy! ;-D

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Map of Major Events and Festivals During April in Japan

April in Japan Timeline

01 April 2021
Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, An advertisement for a boy to enjoy fake boobs in Japan.

April Fools Day in Japan エイプリルフール 

It isn’t really clear when April Fools Day in Japan started but the tradition of practical jokes, especially obviously joke newspaper stories appearing on that day has been going on since the 1960’s. ...

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08 April 2021
Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Many children kindergarten age children in Japan bring flowers to the Buddhist temples.

Flower Festival (Buddha’s Birthday) in Japan 花祭り はなまつり 

The Flower Festival (Buddha’s Birthday) on April 8th is a celebration in Japan that is rather more low key than New Year's but it is still a very special day to go to the temples! ...

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13 April 2021
Exoteric Japan, Japanese Culture, April in Japan, Two young women, one wearing a kimono and the other wearing a junior high school uniform, stair out from a viewing platform at the surrounding countryside below.

Jusan Mairi Ceremony 十三詣り or 十三参り じゅうさんまいり

The Jusan Mairi Ceremony on April 13th is a kind of coming of age ceremony celebrated at Buddhist temples by thirteen year olds to pray for knowledge, happiness and health to become adults. ...

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20 April 2021
A mosaic of all the fun things you can do at Ube Shrine’s Annual Festival.

Ube Shrine’s Annual Festival 宇倍神社例大祭 うべじんじゃれいたいさい

Ube Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Japan. Located in Tottori prefecture, this shrine's annual festival on April 20th predates both the samurai and Kyoto! ...

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25 May 2021
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

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Then Emperor Showa walking down the street with many security guards in the late 1940's., ExotericJapan.com, Japanese Culture, Japanese Holidays, Emperor Showa

Showa Day 昭和の日 しょうわのひ

Showa Day on April 29th is when Japan gives itself a day off in order to encourage reflection on the ups and downs of Emperor Hirohito's 63 year reign. ...

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Golden Week | ゴールデン ウィーク

Golden Week is a series of public holiday all scrunched up together that results in a week of free time in the spring. Its a big time for travel in Japan! ...

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Actors performing Buddhist moral plays called Mibu Kyōgen near Kyoto.

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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I have lived and worked with my family in Japan since 2005. For many years I have been interested in the very practical and creative side of Japanese culture. In my free time I travel around, enjoy hiking in the countryside and cities, and just generally seeing and doing new things. This blog is primarily a way for me to focus my energies and record and teach others about what I have learned by experience constructively. I am interested in urban development, and sustainable micro-economics, especially home-economics, and practical things everyday families can do to survive and thrive through these changing times.





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