When does Japan celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?

In Japan, the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of the lunar calendar is called "Fifteen Nights" or "Mid-Autumn Festival". Japanese also have the custom of enjoying the moon on this day, which is called "see you on the moon" in Japanese.

The Japanese custom of enjoying the moon originated in China. /kloc-After it was spread to Japan more than 0/000 years ago, the local custom of holding a banquet while enjoying the moon began to appear, which was called "Moon Watching Banquet". Unlike China people who eat moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, Japanese people eat zongzi while enjoying the moon, which is called "looking at zongzi on the moon".

Because this period is the harvest season of various crops, in order to express gratitude to nature, the Japanese will hold various celebrations. Although Japan abolished the lunar calendar and changed to the solar calendar after the Meiji Restoration, the custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is still maintained in all parts of Japan, and some temples and shrines will hold special parties to enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival.