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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:26 pm
So my Japanese class has presentations where we get to discuss a main Holiday or Festival. However, I don't know any!?! So I don't know where to begin. Can you guys do me a favor and help me out by naming a few and a breif summary of them. If there's a topic about this already, I'm really sorry, I couldn't find it. If there is, can you simply redirect me? Thanks a bunch.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:58 pm
You could do the Naked Festival biggrin
There are actually tons of different little festivals/holidays in Japan, but some fairly big ones include New Years, Hina Matsuri (March 3rd), Children's Day (May 5), and the coming of age ceremony.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:31 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:17 am
Um...on the Winter Solstice you take a bath with a piece of citrus fruit.
There's also White Day...go look it up, I'm too lazy to explain it. ><
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:06 am
WHITE DAY!!! mrgreen
March 14, exactly 1 month after valentine's day.
In japan, V-day is different from US's V-day because in japan, a girl is to give a chocolate hand-made or bought, to any guy(s) she feels close to, but with no real sexual or romantic interest (though in modern days that has changed to where you can give friendship chocolates and lover chocolates).
then, one month later, aka white day, the men are to give women presents and gifts valued at three times what the girl gave them.
originally it was thought that the origins were of a marshmallow merchant suggesting men give women marshmallow gifts on this day, but other stories have stated it was a retun in white chocolates.
Either way, one commonality is women are often greatly pampered for those men who can't afford lavish gifts of material value.
In other words, if a girl gives an obligatory confectionary to a guy on v-day and a romantic chocolate to her lover at the same time, she'd get two gifts of very high value and be showered with affection.
Great custom if you want to guilt your man into being your b***h for the day. ^0^ and i have yet to hear any men complain about it either xDD
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:07 am
there's also hounen matsuri which is celebration of male virility...
not very appropriate for school but a great item for laughs. xD
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:01 pm
Rosso Corsa there's also hounen matsuri which is celebration of male virility... not very appropriate for school but a great item for laughs. xD Remember kids, Hounen Matsuri celebrates fertility, NOT the penor itself. Also, don't freak when you see someone with a wang on their keychain
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:12 am
Wow! I so want to go to japan! -^-^-
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:52 am
Koiyuki Rosso Corsa there's also hounen matsuri which is celebration of male virility... not very appropriate for school but a great item for laughs. xD Remember kids, Hounen Matsuri celebrates fertility, NOT the penor itself. Also, don't freak when you see someone with a wang on their keychain yeah most travelers make that misconception when they first participate in it.
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:21 am
There's also something they call Golden Week. It happens sometime in May this year, and it's the week when the cherry blossoms bloom. They take off school and work just to picnic under and view all the cherry blossoms. At least, that's what I think it is. sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:35 pm
The best way to find out actually is to Play Persona 3 since you live the life of a high school student... I learned a lot of Japaneses holidays using that game...
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:02 am
-adds persona to her gamefly list-
Isnt Golden Week surrounding like 4 hollidays? 0_o
-doesnt remember where she read that-
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:09 am
OOOooo~
Learn something new all the time.^^
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:05 pm
yeah, golden week has 4 holidays in it and school is out for that time. thats all i know
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:15 pm
I like the Tanabata Matsuri, that takes place ln the 7th day of the 7th month of each year.
That's when Orihime and his lover (I fogot the name ><) meet again...
If you want further explanations, I have a full 'lecture' on that ^^
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