New Year
Let’s play “Hanetsuki”, the Japanese traditional game for new year.
How do Japanese People Celebrate the New Year?
Japanese New Year Traditions // osechi meaning
Hanetsuki Japon 1929
A traditional Japanese game of the new year, Fukuwarai
Hatsumode Visiting a shinto shrine (how to pray, what to do) 明治神宮で初詣☆
Japanese New Year’s Food “Osechi”
SHOPPING FOR FUKUBUKURO LUCKY BAGS IN TOKYO!
Japanese Makeup LUCKY BAGS!
Nanakusa Porridge
Kagami Biraki
Yoroi Kizome & Kagamibiraki Ceremony
Seijinshiki (Coming of age)
Japanese Coming of Age Ceremony
Coming of Age Day in Japan! 成人式☆
Setsubun
Ogres, soybeans, & sushi rolls! Springtime rituals in Japan! 日本の節分文化☆
Kyoto Festival: Spring Ogre Purification
Setsubun and the mamemaki bean-throwing festival
Japanese Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine’s Day – 日本の祝日を学ぼう
How Japanese Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Hinamatsuri
Doll Festival – 雛祭り
March 3rd Is Hina Matsuri & Girls’ Day In Japan!
The origin of Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Day in Japan)!
Hanami
Do you know when & why “hanami” started?
How to Hanami: A Beginner’s Guide to Cherry Blossoms Viewing in Japan
Hanami: Celebrating Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
Hanami Dango Dumplings
Kodomo no hi (Children’s Day)
Children’s Day in Japan
May 5th is a Day Just for Children in Japan!
Kodomo no hi – Children’s Day in Japan
Typical Japanese Children’s Day Prep
Tsuyu
3 things to be “cautious” during the rainy season to stay healthy! Best ways to enjoy tsuyu in Kyoto
June July is 梅雨(Tsuyu) in Japan!!! Do you know what is it?
Tanabata
Learn Japanese Holidays – Tanabata
July 7th Is Tanabata In Japan!
Tanabata Love Story : Princess Orihime and Hikoboshi
Japan Diary | today is Tanabata
TANABATA – Kitano Tenmangu, Kyoto
Obon
Bon Holidays
When and how we hold “summer memorial services” in Japan!
Learn Japanese Holidays – Obon
Japanese OBON Words with Risa!
Obon (お盆) – Japanese Buddhist’s Festival?
Autumnal Equinox Day
What Is Tsukimi 月見?
Health and Sports Day
JAPANESE SPORTS FESTIVAL | Kindergarten in Japan
Autumn in Japan! What it’s like and what’s so great about it 🙂
Top 10 Autumn Color Spots in Japan | japan-guide.com
Omisoka
Holidays Around the World with the KMA – Omisoka
Sapporo Yuki Matsuri (Hokkaido)
Sapporo Snow Festival 2020 – 5 Things You Must See!
The Sapporo Snow & Ice Festival
5 things you need to do in Hokkaido!
Sapporo Snow Festival 2013 – Japan
Nebuta Matsuri (Aomori)
AOMORI NEBUTA MATSURI
Aomori’s Nebuta Matsuri Experience
Festival Timetable
Tanabata Matsuri (Sendai)
Sendai Tanabata Festival
Virtual Tour of Sendai Tanabata Festival
The making of SENDAI TANABATA FESTIVAL
Gujo Odori (Gifu)
Overnight dance festival
Dance Festival, Fake Food, & Waterways: Gujo Hachiman
Gujo Odori, Obon Dance Festival at Gujo Hachiman, Japan
Aoi Matsuri (Kyoto)
Kyoto Festival: Aoi Matsuri
Aoi Matsuri: Saiō-Dai Lady Arriving at Kamigamo Shrine.
Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kyoto!
Gion Matsuri (Kyoto)
Gion Matsuri: The Hokaboko Float’s Journey
Gion Matsuri: Yasaka Shrine Events
Gion Matsuri Yoiyama Festival
Yosakoi Matsuri (Kochi)
The Birthplace of Yosakoi: Kochi, Japan
Kochi Yosakoi Festival 2019
Yosakoi Festival in Kochi
YOSAKOI FESTIVAL, KOCHI, JAPAN
Awa Odori (Tokushima)
Awa Odori Women’s Kitsuke
阿波踊り2016 総集編 Awaodori Festival in Tokushima, Japan
Why Not Dance? The Awa Odori Festival | nippon.com
Koenji Awa-Odori Festival 2014
Interview with a Japanese Awa Odori Dancer
Practice of Awa-odori(dance) 2
Otoko Odori Practice Video
Hanabi (Fireworks)
Fireworks Traditional Skills in a Modern Entertainment
Japan Fireworks | 2000 meter wide display! 長岡まつり 大花火大会
Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival
A Japanese Master Craftsman Taught Me To Make Senko Hanabi Fireworks
How To Make Senko Hanabi Sparklers (very rare Japanese fireworks)
Tokyo Okutama festival and firework
What a Japanese Summer Fireworks Festival is Really Like
Tezutsu Hanabi- The Origin of Japanese Fireworks
Others
Japan’s Cat Lover festival: Nyandarake
Japans’s SUPERNATURAL CAT Festival — BakeNeko
Kiriko Lantern Festivals of Noto
Festival Art in Tohoku
Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival – Sculptures of Frozen Blue
