https://exotericjapan.com Deep Cuts of Japan for the Idly Curious Sun, 31 Dec 2023 11:41:12 +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/peoples-day-%e4%ba%ba%e6%97%a5%e3%81%ae%e7%af%80%e5%8f%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%98%e3%82%93%e3%81%98%e3%81%a4%e3%81%ae%e3%81%9b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%8f%e3%80%80/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/peoples-day-%e4%ba%ba%e6%97%a5%e3%81%ae%e7%af%80%e5%8f%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%98%e3%82%93%e3%81%98%e3%81%a4%e3%81%ae%e3%81%9b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%8f%e3%80%80/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 05:41:07 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9581 People's Day, January 7th, is for eating foods made from seven specific herbs. Usually the herbs are Seri, Nazuna, Jacobella, Hotokenoza, Gokyo, Suzuna and Suzushiro. It is based on the tradtional Chinese holiday of Renri, the day humans were created ;-D]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/peoples-day-%e4%ba%ba%e6%97%a5%e3%81%ae%e7%af%80%e5%8f%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%98%e3%82%93%e3%81%98%e3%81%a4%e3%81%ae%e3%81%9b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%8f%e3%80%80/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/coming-of-age-day-in-japan/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/coming-of-age-day-in-japan/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:38:51 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9587 Coming of Age Day in Japan is a holiday where people who became 20 years old the previous year have a ceremony at the city office and parties.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/coming-of-age-day-in-japan/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%a4%a7%e5%af%92%e3%80%80%e3%81%a0%e3%81%84%e3%81%8b%e3%82%93%e3%80%80daikan/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%a4%a7%e5%af%92%e3%80%80%e3%81%a0%e3%81%84%e3%81%8b%e3%82%93%e3%80%80daikan/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:26:00 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9586 https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%a4%a7%e5%af%92%e3%80%80%e3%81%a0%e3%81%84%e3%81%8b%e3%82%93%e3%80%80daikan/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/nozawa-fire-festival-nagano-prefecture/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/nozawa-fire-festival-nagano-prefecture/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:18:03 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9585 The Nozawa Fire Festival is considered one of three great fire festivals in Japan. It is a three day event where a shrine is built and then burnt down!]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/nozawa-fire-festival-nagano-prefecture/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%b0%8f%e6%ad%a3%e6%9c%88%e3%80%80%e3%81%93%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%e3%81%8c%e3%81%a4%e3%80%80little-new-year-or-womens-new-year/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%b0%8f%e6%ad%a3%e6%9c%88%e3%80%80%e3%81%93%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%e3%81%8c%e3%81%a4%e3%80%80little-new-year-or-womens-new-year/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:00:12 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9584 The 15th of January is another New Year holiday known as Little New Year or Women’s New Year. Little New Year has many customs that vary widely across Japan and is roughly equivalent to the a Lantern Festival in China.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%b0%8f%e6%ad%a3%e6%9c%88%e3%80%80%e3%81%93%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%e3%81%8c%e3%81%a4%e3%80%80little-new-year-or-womens-new-year/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/kagami-biraki/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/kagami-biraki/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:45:00 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9583 Kagami Biraki is sometimes translated as “opening of the mirror” but these days “breaking of the mochi” is probably much more appropriate. The ceremonial mochi and barrels of sake offered to the gods at New Year are broken on January 11th. The housewarming kind of Kagami Biraki with a barrel of sake seems to be done just about anytime.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/kagami-biraki/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e8%b9%b4%e9%9e%a0%e5%a7%8b%e3%82%81%e3%80%80%e3%81%91%e3%81%be%e3%82%8a%e3%81%af%e3%81%98%e3%82%81%ef%bc%88%e4%ba%ac%e9%83%bd%e3%80%80kyoto-the-new-years-first-game-of-kemari/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e8%b9%b4%e9%9e%a0%e5%a7%8b%e3%82%81%e3%80%80%e3%81%91%e3%81%be%e3%82%8a%e3%81%af%e3%81%98%e3%82%81%ef%bc%88%e4%ba%ac%e9%83%bd%e3%80%80kyoto-the-new-years-first-game-of-kemari/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 05:06:19 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9572 Hacky Sack of the Gods! his is the New Year’s first game of Kemari held at Shimagamo shrine in Kyoto. Kemari is an ancient game from China that is basically ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e8%b9%b4%e9%9e%a0%e5%a7%8b%e3%82%81%e3%80%80%e3%81%91%e3%81%be%e3%82%8a%e3%81%af%e3%81%98%e3%82%81%ef%bc%88%e4%ba%ac%e9%83%bd%e3%80%80kyoto-the-new-years-first-game-of-kemari/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%88%9d%e5%a4%a2%e3%80%80%e3%81%af%e3%81%a4%e3%82%86%e3%82%81%e3%80%80first-dream-of-the-year/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%88%9d%e5%a4%a2%e3%80%80%e3%81%af%e3%81%a4%e3%82%86%e3%82%81%e3%80%80first-dream-of-the-year/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:22:04 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9571 What Dreams May Come… For Hatsuyume! he first dream of the year is considered to be very auspicious of your luck for the rest of the year to come. Apparently ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%88%9d%e5%a4%a2%e3%80%80%e3%81%af%e3%81%a4%e3%82%86%e3%82%81%e3%80%80first-dream-of-the-year/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%85%83%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%8c%e3%81%ab%e3%81%98%e3%81%a4%e3%80%80japanese-new-year/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%85%83%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%8c%e3%81%ab%e3%81%98%e3%81%a4%e3%80%80japanese-new-year/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:12:16 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9570 The Japanese New Year is a public holiday on January 1st. Throughout Japan people go to shrines and temples to have first of the year prayers.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/%e5%85%83%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%8c%e3%81%ab%e3%81%98%e3%81%a4%e3%80%80japanese-new-year/feed/ 0