What's happening in Japan in summer 2019

Japan organizes a variety of lively activities throughout the year, especially in the summer activities are the most abundant, which is the most famous to say that we all know the fireworks assembly, in fact, in addition to the fireworks assembly, there are a lot of activities here, the specific let's come together to understand it!

There is a small custom in Japan where they believe that Tanabata is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver meet, and that in addition to a good harvest of crops, visiting a shrine on this day will bring good luck in love.

The Tanabata festival is also a day of wishing, where people write their wishes on bookmarks and hang them on bamboo branches in the hope that their wishes will come true. When the wind blows over the bookmarks, it means that the wishes have been heard by the gods.

Some neighborhoods also hold festivals on this day, as if summer has arrived. There are three major Tanabata festivals in Japan: Sendai, Hiratsuka and Ichinomiya.

The Tanabata festivals in Hiratsuka and Ichinomiya were started at a later stage, and they have become the three major Tanabata festivals in Japan, along with Sendai, which was the first one.

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Kagurazaka is a 10-minute walk from Iidabashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Iidabashi Station on the JR East Sobu Line, and Iidabashi Station on the Toei Subway, and you can also get to the Tokyo Big Shrine in the same time.

Fireworks Festival

The tradition of the fireworks festival was preserved during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and continued to be held almost every year thereafter until it was discontinued in the 1920s. The Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival was not held again for several decades from World War II onward. It was not until 1978 that the traditional event was resumed, and it continues to this day.

The fireworks display is a very important dating event for young men and women in Japan, and if the other person agrees to watch the fireworks with you, the romance will definitely go up!

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The Sumida River Fireworks Festival is held on the last Saturday of July every year on the grassy riverbank next to the Sumida River in Tokyo, and is about a 7-minute walk from Asakusa Station on the Ginza Line of the Tokyo Metro.

Umino Day

Umino Day is one of the holidays in Japan that was established in 1995 and became effective in 1996. It was originally designated as July 20, but in 2003, it was changed to the third Monday of July. On this day, everyone goes to the beach, and young men and women wear swimsuits and go to the beach to play in the water.

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Approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes from Tokyo Station, approx. 18 minutes from Kamakura, 7 minutes on foot from the Kamakura Gakuin-mae-guchi Exit of the Enoshima Dentetsu, and the beach is just a short walk from the dunking station on the opposite side of the steps to the level crossing.

Mountain Day

Mountain Day was established in 2014 and became a national holiday in Japan in 2016. Narrative about Yaman-no-Hi: "Getting a chance to get close to the mountain and thanking it for its favor." In fact, it's an important holiday in the hot summer months, when Japanese people prepare hiking lunches and head to the mountains for a moment of refreshment.

Transportation

Get off at Takao Yamaguchi Station on the Keio Dentetsu, and walk to Mount Takao on the Mount Takao Mountain Railway.

Bon Festival

The Japanese attach great importance to the Bon Festival, which has now become an important holiday second only to New Year's Day. Businesses and corporations generally take a week-long vacation, known as the "Bon-Holiday," and many Japanese who work outside the country choose to use this holiday to return to their hometowns for reunions and ancestor worship, which is a peak time for long-distance traffic and is somewhat similar to the Ching Ming Festival. This is the peak period for long-distance traffic, similar to the Ching Ming Festival, and the Japanese prepare offerings called "genma" on this holiday to symbolize welcoming and sending off ancestors.

This is the time when some traditional old neighborhoods hold the Bon Dance, which was originally a dance for the ancestors during the Bon Festival. Nowadays, this traditional dance is a much-anticipated festival in the summer. Since the dance movements are mainly focused on the hands and are very simple, even beginners can join in easily. The three most famous bon dances in Japan are the "Koronami Odori" of Gifu Prefecture, the "Awa Odori" of Tokushima Prefecture, and the "Nishimayonnai Odori" of Akita Prefecture.

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The bon dance venue can be seen from Otsuka Station on the Yamanote Line.

How can we miss so many events? You must come to Japan to see and participate in some of these events, and feel the lively summer in Japan!