https://exotericjapan.com Deep Cuts of Japan for the Idly Curious Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:35:34 +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/tsuyu-survival-guide/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 13:36:44 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?p=10900 https://exotericjapan.com/events/day-of-the-sea-%e6%b5%b7%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%86%e3%81%bf%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/day-of-the-sea-%e6%b5%b7%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%86%e3%81%bf%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:51:01 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9812 The Day of the Sea in Japan occurs on the third Monday of July every year. A public holiday for enjoying a trip to the beach!]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/day-of-the-sea-%e6%b5%b7%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%86%e3%81%bf%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/gion-festival-kyoto-city-%e7%a5%87%e5%9c%92%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%8e%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/gion-festival-kyoto-city-%e7%a5%87%e5%9c%92%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%8e%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:35:56 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9810 How It All Started In the year 869 there was an epidemic in the newly built city of Heian (today’s Kyoto). There was a religious parade to appease the gods. ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/gion-festival-kyoto-city-%e7%a5%87%e5%9c%92%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%8e%e3%81%8a%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/tenjin-festival%e3%80%80osaka-city-%e5%a4%a9%e7%a5%9e%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%a6%e3%82%93%e3%81%98%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/tenjin-festival%e3%80%80osaka-city-%e5%a4%a9%e7%a5%9e%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%a6%e3%82%93%e3%81%98%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 05:37:38 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9802 Its Huge! enjin Festival is a festival held at Tenmangu Shrines (Tenjinsha) throughout Japan. One of Japan’s three major festivals (the others are the Gion Festival in Kyoto and the ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/tenjin-festival%e3%80%80osaka-city-%e5%a4%a9%e7%a5%9e%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a%e3%80%80%e3%81%a6%e3%82%93%e3%81%98%e3%82%93%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/daisho-%e5%a4%a7%e6%9a%91%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%81%84%e3%81%97%e3%82%87/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/daisho-%e5%a4%a7%e6%9a%91%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%81%84%e3%81%97%e3%82%87/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 05:13:09 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9801 https://exotericjapan.com/events/daisho-%e5%a4%a7%e6%9a%91%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%81%84%e3%81%97%e3%82%87/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/tanabata%e3%80%80the-evening-of-the-seventh-%e4%b8%83%e5%a4%95%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%81%aa%e3%81%b0%e3%81%9f-or-the-star-festival-%e6%98%9f%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a-%e3%81%bb%e3%81%97%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/tanabata%e3%80%80the-evening-of-the-seventh-%e4%b8%83%e5%a4%95%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%81%aa%e3%81%b0%e3%81%9f-or-the-star-festival-%e6%98%9f%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a-%e3%81%bb%e3%81%97%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:57:53 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9800 What (Usually) People Do Tanzaku hanging on bamboo n present-day Japan, people generally celebrate Tanabata by writing wishes, sometimes in the form of poetry, on tanzaku (短冊 tanzaku), small pieces ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/tanabata%e3%80%80the-evening-of-the-seventh-%e4%b8%83%e5%a4%95%e3%80%80%e3%81%9f%e3%81%aa%e3%81%b0%e3%81%9f-or-the-star-festival-%e6%98%9f%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a-%e3%81%bb%e3%81%97%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/half-summer/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/half-summer/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:04:26 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9799 High Time For Some Crazy Superstitions And to relax from farming for a bit alf-Summer is typically the 11th day after the beginning of summer according to the ancient Chinese ...]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/half-summer/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/beach-opening-or-sea-opening/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/beach-opening-or-sea-opening/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:39:24 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9798 https://exotericjapan.com/events/beach-opening-or-sea-opening/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/river-opening-%e5%b7%9d%e9%96%8b%e3%81%8d%e3%80%80%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8f%e3%81%b3%e3%82%89%e3%81%8d/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/river-opening-%e5%b7%9d%e9%96%8b%e3%81%8d%e3%80%80%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8f%e3%81%b3%e3%82%89%e3%81%8d/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:18:15 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9796 "River Opening" celebrate the beginning of the cool breeze from the river that cools things down in summertime and also serve as water god festivals.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/river-opening-%e5%b7%9d%e9%96%8b%e3%81%8d%e3%80%80%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8f%e3%81%b3%e3%82%89%e3%81%8d/feed/ 0 https://exotericjapan.com/events/mountain-opening/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/mountain-opening/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 03:15:50 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9793 Mountain Opening Day in Japan on July 1st every year is the official start of the mountaineering season in Japan with the opening of the summer time trails on Mt. Fuji.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/mountain-opening/feed/ 0