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    Oshougatsu Part 1: How to Prepare for New Year’s Day
    January 12, 2021in FOOD, HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS1by wafuuinthewest
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    Oshougatsu Part 1: How to Prepare for New Year’s Day

    新年あけましておめでとうございます。 Shinnen akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! (Belated) Happy New Year! 2021 has already begun, but in case you missed any New Year’s prep and want to be better prepared for next year, or if…

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    Have a Good New Year! 良いお年をお過ごし下さい!
    December 31, 2020in HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS3by wafuuinthewest
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    Have a Good New Year! 良いお年をお過ごし下さい!

     The new year, “shin-nen” 新年 (しんねん) has already come in Japan and will soon be arriving in the West. We want to thank each one of you who has taken…

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    Oseibo: Japan’s Winter Gift-Giving Tradition
    December 19, 2020in HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS, LIFESTYLE1by wafuuinthewest
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    Oseibo: Japan’s Winter Gift-Giving Tradition

     御歳暮 おせいぼOseibo Right around the same time that we in the West start Christmas shopping for friends, family, and co-workers, Japan is also getting into Santa-mode. Only, it’s not for Christmas. You…

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    Otsukimi: Japan’s Mid-Fall Harvest Moon Festival
    September 23, 2020in FOOD, HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS4by wafuuinthewest
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    Otsukimi: Japan’s Mid-Fall Harvest Moon Festival

    What Is Otsukimi? September is almost gone. The sun’s beams are a little gentler, the wind is crisper, and nights are cooler. At least here in Japan, after a particularly…

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    Obon Midsummer Festival
    August 12, 2020in FOOD, HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS1by wafuuinthewest
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    Obon Midsummer Festival

    What Is Obon? Bon (盆), or Obon (お盆) is a midsummer festival not unlike Mexico’s Day of the Dead. According to Buddhist belief, ancestors’ spirits are believed to come back…

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    Tanabata–the Festival of Stars
    July 7, 2020in ART, CULTURE, FOOD, HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS0by wafuuinthewest
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    Tanabata–the Festival of Stars

    What Is Tanabata? (Published July 2020, updated July 2021) Tanabata (七夕), literally meaning “seven evenings,” is the Festival of Stars in Japan. This is a celebration of the once-a-year reunion…

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