Japanese Culture & Traditions

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In this page, I'm trying to introduce you "timely Japanese culture and/or traditional events". Almost every month we Japanese have an event to celebrate and Im positive that you want to know what is it all about. Here, you can visit on this page, every month and find it out.
The topic of October 2007 is

"TAI-IKU-NO-HI"or "The Sports Day"

The Sports Day, which is October 10. It is the day for sports and to foster a sound mind and body. It is to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the opening ceremony of which took place on October 10. Many sporting events at schools, companies, cities, etc. are held on this day. Because of October is the best season of the all year around. People enjoy doing a lot of things during this beautiful season, such as sports, reading, visiting museums and appreciating arts, etc. Fall in Japanese "AKI", so we say fall for the sports, "Sports no Aki", fall for the reading, "Dokusho no Aki", fall for the arts, "Geijutsu no Aki", even we say "Shoku-yoku no Aki" means good appetite in fall. Speaking of appetite, we never miss tasting the seasonable fresh foods in fall. For example, pear (NASHI), grapes (BUDOO), chestnut (KURI), persimmon (KAKI), mushroom (MATSUTAKE),mackerel pike (SANMA), etc.
Enjoy your fall season, wherever you are.

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