https://exotericjapan.com Deep Cuts of Japan for the Idly Curious Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:49:19 +0900 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://exotericjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-512px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog-1-32x32.jpg https://exotericjapan.com 32 32 https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e9%87%9d%e4%be%9b%e9%a4%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%af%e3%82%8a%e3%81%8f%e3%82%88%e3%81%86%e3%80%80hari-kuyou/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9504 Hari-Kuyō In Kansai occurs on December the eighth and is a time for seamstresses to say thank you and good to their broken needles in a semi-spiritual way.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e9%87%9d%e4%be%9b%e9%a4%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%af%e3%82%8a%e3%81%8f%e3%82%88%e3%81%86%e3%80%80hari-kuyou/feed/ 0 2025-12-08 All Day 2025-12-08 Kyoto December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9562 Gifts! But Not From Santa. OSeibo are gifts for the certain special business associate seibo is the Japanese end of year gift giving tradition usually of a subordinate to a ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/feed/ 0 2025-12-10 All Day 2025-12-20 December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9562 Gifts! But Not From Santa. OSeibo are gifts for the certain special business associate seibo is the Japanese end of year gift giving tradition usually of a subordinate to a ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/feed/ 0 2025-12-11 All Day 2025-12-21 December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9562 Gifts! But Not From Santa. OSeibo are gifts for the certain special business associate seibo is the Japanese end of year gift giving tradition usually of a subordinate to a ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/feed/ 0 2025-12-12 All Day 2025-12-22 December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e6%ad%a3%e6%9c%88%e4%ba%8b%e5%a7%8b%e3%82%81%e3%80%80%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%e3%81%8c%e3%81%a4%e3%81%93%e3%81%a8%e3%81%af%e3%81%98%e3%82%81%e3%80%80start-of-new-years-preparations/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9506 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/%e6%ad%a3%e6%9c%88%e4%ba%8b%e5%a7%8b%e3%82%81%e3%80%80%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%e3%81%8c%e3%81%a4%e3%81%93%e3%81%a8%e3%81%af%e3%81%98%e3%82%81%e3%80%80start-of-new-years-preparations/feed/ 0 2025-12-13 All Day 2025-12-13 All Japan December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9562 Gifts! But Not From Santa. OSeibo are gifts for the certain special business associate seibo is the Japanese end of year gift giving tradition usually of a subordinate to a ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/feed/ 0 2025-12-13 All Day 2025-12-23 December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9562 Gifts! But Not From Santa. OSeibo are gifts for the certain special business associate seibo is the Japanese end of year gift giving tradition usually of a subordinate to a ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/feed/ 0 2025-12-14 All Day 2025-12-24 December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e6%98%a5%e6%97%a5%e8%8b%a5%e5%ae%ae%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e7%a5%ad-%e3%81%8b%e3%81%99%e3%81%8c%e3%82%8f%e3%81%8b%e3%81%bf%e3%82%84%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80kasuga-wakamiya-on/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9509 The Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri from December 15th to 18th was originally created to pray away an epidemic. Later it became about getting a good harvest.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e6%98%a5%e6%97%a5%e8%8b%a5%e5%ae%ae%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e7%a5%ad-%e3%81%8b%e3%81%99%e3%81%8c%e3%82%8f%e3%81%8b%e3%81%bf%e3%82%84%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80kasuga-wakamiya-on/feed/ 0 2025-12-15 All Day 2025-12-18 Nara December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9562 Gifts! But Not From Santa. OSeibo are gifts for the certain special business associate seibo is the Japanese end of year gift giving tradition usually of a subordinate to a ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/oseibo-%e3%81%8a%e6%ad%b3%e6%9a%ae%e3%80%80%e3%81%8a%e3%81%9b%e3%81%84%e3%81%bc%e3%80%80japanese-end-of-year-gift-giving/feed/ 0 2025-12-15 All Day 2025-12-25 December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e6%98%a5%e6%97%a5%e8%8b%a5%e5%ae%ae%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e7%a5%ad-%e3%81%8b%e3%81%99%e3%81%8c%e3%82%8f%e3%81%8b%e3%81%bf%e3%82%84%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80kasuga-wakamiya-on/ https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9509 The Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri from December 15th to 18th was originally created to pray away an epidemic. Later it became about getting a good harvest.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e6%98%a5%e6%97%a5%e8%8b%a5%e5%ae%ae%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e7%a5%ad-%e3%81%8b%e3%81%99%e3%81%8c%e3%82%8f%e3%81%8b%e3%81%bf%e3%82%84%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80kasuga-wakamiya-on/feed/ 0 2025-12-16 All Day 2025-12-19 Nara December in Japan, Japanese Cultural Calendar