https://exotericjapan.com Deep Cuts of Japan for the Idly Curious Sat, 30 Dec 2023 21:56:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 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/%e7%ab%af%e5%8d%88%e3%81%ae%e7%af%80%e5%8f%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%82%93%e3%81%94%e3%81%ae%e3%81%9b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%8f-boys-day-or-%e3%81%82%e3%82%84%e3%82%81%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2-iris-festival/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e7%ab%af%e5%8d%88%e3%81%ae%e7%af%80%e5%8f%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%82%93%e3%81%94%e3%81%ae%e3%81%9b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%8f-boys-day-or-%e3%81%82%e3%82%84%e3%82%81%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2-iris-festival/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2019 04:51:20 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9731 This day people with boy’s let fly Koi no Bori (Carp Streamers), put a dressed up a samurai doll or helmet on display, read stories like Momotoro and Kintaro, have parties, give presents to the boys, and/or have an iris bath (shobu-yu) and place an iris by their front door to ward off evil.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e7%ab%af%e5%8d%88%e3%81%ae%e7%af%80%e5%8f%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%82%93%e3%81%94%e3%81%ae%e3%81%9b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%8f-boys-day-or-%e3%81%82%e3%82%84%e3%82%81%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2-iris-festival/feed/ 0