November

Japanese Season & Habit

November 3rd is Culture Day, and is one of the national holidays. The day was meant to be the day for us to pay special attention to developing Japanese culture.

This day was set up for us to promote pease, liberty and to develop Japanese culture.

On this day, special honorary medals are awarded by the Emperor of Japan to those who have made a great contribution to the progress of art and science in Japan.

The day is also meant to encourage us to take part in developing Japanese culture in many fields. On Culture Day, many different kinds of cultural festivals or art festivals are held not only in art galleries but also in many pablic hall throughout the country.


We have a festival called "shichi-go-san" which comes on November 15 every year.

The literal meaning of "shichi-go-san" is seven, five and three years old.

On this day, boys of 5 years old and girls of 3 years and 7 years old visit the shrine in their best clothes (mainly in National costume) with their parents in order to give thanks for their health and growth.


We have another festival day in November. It is Labor-Thanksgiving Day, and we celebrate it on November 23rd, which is one of our national holidays.

This is the day when we pay our respects not only to hard labor but also to hard labor but also to the accomplishments and products made by working peaple.

We celebrate good harvests and thank the farmers and workers for their year-round labor.