Variable Date Holidays and Events | Exoteric Japan https://exotericjapan.com Deep Cuts of Japan for the Idly Curious Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://exotericjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-512px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog-1-32x32.jpg Variable Date Holidays and Events | Exoteric Japan https://exotericjapan.com 32 32 Sports Day | スポーツの日 : 2nd Monday of October Every Year https://exotericjapan.com/events/sports-day-%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%84%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5-2nd-monday-of-october-every-year/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/sports-day-%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%84%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5-2nd-monday-of-october-every-year/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 19:37:03 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=14857 Sports day both commemorates the Japanese coming out Olympics of 1964 and is a day to celebrate physical and mental health often with Sports Festivals going on at local elementary and junior high schools.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/sports-day-%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%84%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5-2nd-monday-of-october-every-year/feed/ 0 Respect for the Aged Day 敬老の日 けいろうのひ https://exotericjapan.com/events/respect-for-the-aged-day-2020%e3%80%80%e6%95%ac%e8%80%81%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%91%e3%81%84%e3%82%8d%e3%81%86%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/respect-for-the-aged-day-2020%e3%80%80%e6%95%ac%e8%80%81%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%91%e3%81%84%e3%82%8d%e3%81%86%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2020 02:05:32 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=10015 Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September every year as a Grandparents’ day in Japan where the elderly are thanked for their wisdom.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/respect-for-the-aged-day-2020%e3%80%80%e6%95%ac%e8%80%81%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%91%e3%81%84%e3%82%8d%e3%81%86%e3%81%ae%e3%81%b2/feed/ 0 Tsukimi or JyuGoYa aka Moon-Viewing or The Fifteenth Night 十五夜 じゅうごや aka 月見 つきみ https://exotericjapan.com/events/tsukimi-or-jyugoya-aka-moon-viewing-or-the-fifteenth-night-in-2020-%e5%8d%81%e4%ba%94%e5%a4%9c%e3%80%80%e3%81%98%e3%82%85%e3%81%86%e3%81%94%e3%82%84%e3%80%80aka-%e6%9c%88%e8%a6%8b-%e3%81%a4%e3%81%8d/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/tsukimi-or-jyugoya-aka-moon-viewing-or-the-fifteenth-night-in-2020-%e5%8d%81%e4%ba%94%e5%a4%9c%e3%80%80%e3%81%98%e3%82%85%e3%81%86%e3%81%94%e3%82%84%e3%80%80aka-%e6%9c%88%e8%a6%8b-%e3%81%a4%e3%81%8d/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:41:20 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=10018 Moon viewing in autumn in Japan is an ancient tradition that can be enjoyed by everyone. Make offerings to the moon or just enjoy sipping hot Sake on Oct 1st, 2020. Just remember it is the Harvest Moon and you should be fine every year there after. ]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/tsukimi-or-jyugoya-aka-moon-viewing-or-the-fifteenth-night-in-2020-%e5%8d%81%e4%ba%94%e5%a4%9c%e3%80%80%e3%81%98%e3%82%85%e3%81%86%e3%81%94%e3%82%84%e3%80%80aka-%e6%9c%88%e8%a6%8b-%e3%81%a4%e3%81%8d/feed/ 0