Japanese Matsuri

8/8/2019 Japanese Matsuri

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JAPANESE

FESTIVALS

NIHON MATSURI

Submitted by: SIDDHARTH KALRA

A1808709030

Submitted To: SEEMA MEHTA


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JAPANESE FISTIVALSare traditionalfestive occasions. Some festivals have

their roots in Chinese festivals but haveundergone dramatic changes as theymixed with local customs.Some are so different that they do noteven remotely resemble the original

festival despite sharing the same nameand date. There are also various localfestivals (e.g. Tobata GION) that aremostly unknown outside a given

prefecture. It is commonly said that youwill always find a festival somewhere inJapan.

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In Japan, festivals are usuallysponsored by alocal shrine or temple, though theycan be secular.

There is no specific matsuri daysfor all of Japan; dates vary fromarea to area, and even within aspecific area, but festival days dotend to cluster around traditional

holidays such as Setsubun orObon


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Local festivals (matsuri)

1. Sapporo Snow Festival(Hokkaido)2. Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival3. Lake Towada Snow Festival4. Aomori Nebuta Festival

5. Nango Summer Jazz FestivalCherry blossom festivals

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Local festivals (matsuri)

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1. Sapporo Snow Matsuri (Hokkaido), this isone of the largest festivals of the year for the city

of Sapporo. This festival is held in February forone week. This festival began in 1950 when highschool students built snow statues in Odori park,central Sapporo.

2.Lake Shikotsu Ice Festivalis the northernmostice-free lake which is 363 meters deep. This festival

features a moss-covered cave, which has evergreen

draped on the inside and is covered in ice (Gianola,2008). This festival is held from late January to midFebruary. This festival features ice sculptures, small

and large.


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3.Lake Towada Snow Festivalis held in the

beginning of February. Held in the town ofYasumiya, this festival is on the south side of lake

Towada (near the wooden statues). This festival isopen all day, but at 5pm one can enjoy activities

such as going through a snow maze, exploring aJapanese igloo, and eat foods from Aomori and

Akita prefectures.

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4.Nango Summer Jazz FestivalThousands of artists from all over Tohoku and

even further regions come to Nango to perform.This is the largest open-air jazz concert held in

Tohoku region. This festival began in 1989, in asmall venue indoors. There was such a large

response from the fans that is was expanded intoa large annual festival.


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Cherry blossom festivals

Japan celebrates the entire season of the

cherry blossoms

Some locations of cherry blossom festivals include:

Yaedake Cherry Blossom Festival in Okinawa. This

festival takes place from late January mid February.

Matsuyama Shiroyama Koen Cherry Blossom

Festival inMatsuyama-city, Ehime.

This festivaltakes place early April.

Matsue Jozan Koen Festival in Matsue-city, Shimane.

This festival has a feature of illuminating the cherry

blossom trees at night. This festival takes place late

March-early April.

Tsuyama Kakuzan Koen Cherry Blossom Festival in

Tsuyama-city, Okayama.Japanese tea ceremonies and

music performers are held at these festivals. This

festival is held early-mid April.


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Nationwide festivals:

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Seijin Shiki: Coming of Age Day (second

Monday ofJanuary)

Hinamatsuri: Doll Festival (March 3)

Hanami: Flower Viewing (late March to

early April)

Shichi-Go-San: festival day for children

aged three, five and seven (November 15)

Setsubun: division of season (beginning

of each of the four seasons)

Ennichi: temple fair (holy days related to

Kami and/or Buddha)


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Seijin Shiki (Coming of AgeDay):Coming of Age Day( Seijin no Hi) isa Japanese holiday held annually on thesecond Monday of January. It is held in order to

congratulate and encourage all those who havereached the age of majority (20 years old) over

the past year, and to help them realize that theyhave become adults. Festivities

includecoming of age ceremonies(seijin-shiki) held at local and prefecturaloffices, as well as after-parties amongst familyand friends


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Hinamatsuri:The Japanese DollFestival ( Hina-matsuri), or Girls'Day, is held on March 3.Platforms covered

with a red carpet are used to display a set of

ornamental dolls (hina-ningy)representing the Emperor, Empress,attendants, and musicians in traditional court

dress of the Heian period.


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"7-5-3" Festival ( Shichigosan)

Date: November 15Five-year-old boys and seven- or three-

year-old girls are taken to the local shrineto pray for their safe and healthy future.This festival started because of the belief

that children of certain ages wereespecially prone to bad luck and hence in

need of divine protection. Children areusually dressed in traditional clothing for

the occasion and after visiting the shrinemany people buy chitose-

ame ("thousand-year candy") sold at theshrine.


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Setsubun:(, Bean-Throwing Festival orBean-Throwing Ceremony) is the day before thebeginning of each season in Japan. The name

literally means "seasonal division", but usuallythe term refers to the spring Setsubun, properly

called Risshun () celebrated yearly on

February 3 as part of the Spring Festival (haru matsuri). In its association with theLunar

New Year, Spring Setsubun can be and waspreviously thought of as a sort of New Year'sEve, and so was accompanied by a

special ritual to cleanse away all the evil of theformer year and drive away disease-bringing evil

spirits for the year to come. This special ritual is

called mamemaki (, lit.bean throwing).


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Ennichi:(,; lit. "related day") is a daybelieved to have a special relation (en) with aparticular Japanese deity. Often, it is a day

when a deity is believed to have been born orleft the world. In Shinto, this day is encouraged

to be embraced as it is in the "fouraffirmations" of their religious code. Japanese

people generally think that visiting a temple ora shrine on these holy days related

to Kami and/or Buddha will bring greaterfortunes than on regular days. Therefore,

temples and shrines often hold festivals. Atsuch events, there are generally a large

number of food stalls selling Japanese

food suchas takoyaki, okonomiyaki, yakimorokoshi,and candy floss.


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