Four Seasons in Japan: 2024 calendar (July - Sept)

★：national holidays
◆:the 24 solar terms in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars

JULY

1 July The season for Mt. Fuji climbing starts(富士山開き,Yamanashi route), Yamanashi Prefecture

10 July The season for Mt. Fuji climbing starts(富士山開き, Shizuoka route), Shizuoka Prefecture

             The Edo Shogunate donated Mt. Fuji's entire top from the 8th stage upwards to The Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha in 1779. The national government claimed title to the land, but the Supreme Court recognized the land as the shrine's grounds in 1974.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/start-of-mountain-climbing-season.html
  Mount Fuji was registered as the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site "Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration" on June 26 in 2013.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/07/mount-fuji-1_11.html
Mount Fuji is the source of many rivers including these rivers, springs, the Fuji five lakes. However, no river flows over the surface of the mountain.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/07/mount-fuji-2.html
Shrines included in Mt. Fuji World Heritage Site worship the female deity of water.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/07/mount-fuji-3.html
  Mt. Fuji worshippers including Fuji-ko pilgrims, oshi houses
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/07/mount-fuji-4.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/07/mount-fuji-5.html

1-15 July Hakata Gion Yamakasa(博多祇園山笠), Fukuoka Prefecture

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2014/08/morning-glory-exhibitions.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2015/07/morning-glory-exhibitions.html

7 July The Star Festival (七夕, Tanabata)
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/star-festival.html
Kaeru-Tobi-Gyouji(蛙飛び行事:the ritual of hopping frog) , Nara Prefecture

lesser-known, but unique event with a history of over 1,000 years
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/hopping-frog.html
9-10 July Chinese lantern plant Fair (ほおずき市) at Sensou-ji temple(浅草寺), Tokyo
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/chinese-lantern-plant-fair.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/chinese-lantern-plant-fair.html
15 July　The Bon festival (盂蘭盆会, Urabon-e)
It's held in August according to the lunar calendar in most areas, but it's done in some areas according to the solar calendar.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/bon-festival.html

15 July 　Marine Day (海の日)★
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/marine-day.html

18-24 July Wind-bells Bazaar at Kawasaki Daishi(川崎大師), Kanagawa Prefecture

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/wind-bells.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/day-of-ox.html
20-24 July Osorezan Taisai Festival(恐山大祭), Aomori Prefecture
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2015/07/osorezan-border-between-this-world-and.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2015/07/osorezan-border-between-this-world-and_31.html
20 and 27 July Sagimai(鷺舞, the heron dance),Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/heron-dance.html

24 and 25 July The OsakaTenjin Festival(大阪天神祭), Osaka
This festival is said to be one of the three major festivals in Japan.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/tenjin-festival.html

27 July The Sumida River Fireworks Festival (隅田川花火大会)
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/sumida-river-fireworks-festival.html
Japanese fireworks
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/fireworks-festivals.html
firework festivals from July to October
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/08/fireworks-festivals-1.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/08/fireworks-festivals-2.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/08/fireworks-festivals-3.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/08/fireworks-festivals-4.html
~~29-31 July~~ The Soma Nomaoi(相馬野馬追), Fukushima Prefecture

In 2024, the date will be changed from July to the last Saturday, Sunday and Monday of May due to fierce summer heat.

The descendants of samurai cavaliers become samurai once a year. The authentic cavalry battle of the age of civil wars is re-enacted.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/soma-nomaoi .html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/07/2013-soma-nomaoi-festival-1.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/08/2013-soma-nomaoi-festival-2.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/08/2013-soma-nomaoi-festival-3.html
24 July the day of the ox in mid-summer (土用の丑の日)
People eat grilled eel on the day of the ox in mid-summer to recover from fatigue.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/day-of-ox-in-mid-summer.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/day-of-ox.html

other posts:

Cicada
Utsusemi(the exuvia of a cicada) also means "living person" or "this world." It's also the 3rd chapter's title of "The Tale of Genji"
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/cicada.html
jelly-like confections
    How many fish are there?
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/jelly-like-confections.html
Fringed orchids, Himeji Castle
Himeji castle met an ironic fate.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/heron-dance.html
Sumo(相撲)
    The world of sumo is expected not only to follow the good tradition of it but also to break established conventions in line with the times.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/tomorrow.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/sumo-tournament-closed.html
dragonfly and samurai
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/soma-nomaoi.html
haiku poems about frog
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/hopping-frog.html

--Bunraku--
Natsu Matsuri Naniwa kagami(夏祭浪花鑑)
    The highlight of the play is a scene of a lead character killing his greedy father-in-law in mud(in kabuki, real muddy water is used) during the summer festival of Kouzu-gu(高津宮) shrine in Osaka. The festival is held on July 17th and 18th now.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/natsu-matsuri-naniwa-kagami.html

AUGUST

1-4 Aug Morioka Sansa Odori Festival(盛岡さんさ踊り) , Iwate Prefecture

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/morioka-sansa-odori-festival.html
2-7 Aug The Aomori Nebuta Festival(青森ねぶた祭), Aomori Prefecture
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/summer-festivals.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/nebuta-festivals.html

2-4 Aug Fukushima Waraji Festival(福島わらじまつり), Fukushima Prefecture

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/hiroshima-and-fukushima.html

3-6 Aug The Akita Kanto Festival(秋田竿燈まつり), Akita Prefecture
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/summer-festivals.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/akita-kanto-festival.html
5-7 Aug The Yamagata Hanagasa Festival(山形花笠まつり), Yamagata Prefecture

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/yamagata-hanagasa-festival.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/yamagata-hanagasa-festival.html

6 Aug The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/hiroshima-peace-memorial-ceremony.html

6-8 Aug The Sendai Tanabata Festival(仙台七夕まつり), Miyagi Prefecture
the star festivals in Tohoku
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/tanabata-festivals.html
Morning Glory and Tanabata
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/morning-glory-and-tanabata.html
7 Aug the first day of fall(立秋) ◆
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/beginning-of-fall.html

9 Aug Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims Memorial Peace Prayer Ceremony
the history of difficulties experienced by Nagasaki's Christians
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/nagasaki.html
9-12 Aug Yosakoi Festival(よさこい祭り), Kochi Prefecture

11 Aug 　Mountain Day (山の日)★

not yet decided LIGHT UP NIPPON
fireworks festival for the victims of tsunami and earthquake
LIGHT UP NIPPON(Japanese version only): https://lightupnippon.jp/
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/five-months-and-light-up-nippon.html
11-15 Aug Awa-Odori(阿波踊り,The Awa Dance Festival), Tokushima Prefecture

"Dancing fools and watching fools. We are the same fools, so it's better to dance!"
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/awa-dance-festival.html
13-16 Aug  the Bon Festival(盂蘭盆会, Urabon-e)
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/bon-festival.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/summer-vacation-and-bon-festival.html
15 Aug the anniversary of the end of the Pacific War (終戦記念日)
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/anniversary-of-end-of-pacific-war.html
16 Aug Gozan no Okuribi(五山の送り火, farewell bonfire), Kyoto
              On the night of the 16th, we light a farewell bonfire to see our ancestors off.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/farewell-bonfire.html
                 Gozan no okuribi and local ceremonies during the Bon period
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/gozan-no-okuribi-and-send-off.html

24 Aug Jizou-bon(地蔵盆), Kansai Region including Kyoto, Osaka
               Jizou is one of Buddhist bodhisattvas.This festival is dominated by children.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/jizou-bon.html
               Jizo-bon and Togenuki Jizo in Tokyo
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/jizoksitigarbha.html
26-27 Aug Yoshida Fire Festival(山梨富士吉田火祭), Yamanashi Prefecture
31 Aug  Omagari(大曲) Fireworks(The National Japan Fireworks Competition), Akita prefecture
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/fireworks-festivals.html

other posts:

Summer vacation in my childhood
    household fireworks, watermelon, shaved ice, radio physical exercises...
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/summer-vacation-and-bon-festival.html
   mosquito net, Goemon bath heated by burning wood , a separate toilet and bath
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/summer-vacation-in-my-childhood.html
the most unlikely national treasure
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/most-unlikely-national-treasure.html
Sunflowers
   Gogh's paintings and sad story about the Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/sunflowers.html
national high school baseball championship
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/national-high-school-baseball.html
Yukata(浴衣)
   In summer, many young women go out in yukata to enjoy festivals or displays of fireworks.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/yukata.html
ancient route "Yamanobe no Michi " in Nara and somen (Japanese vermicelli)
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/after-bon-festival.html
the Bon dance
People used to gather and dance spontaneously to welcome the spirits of the dead in the early evening and to send off them at dawn. After send-off ceremony, people never look back, or the spirits come along.

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/farewell-bonfire.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/abnormally-hot-summer.html
Perseid meteor shower and Japan Airlines Flight 123
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/typhoon-perseid-meteor-shower-and-japan.html
summer and fall
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/summer-and-fall.html
Bon vacation in 2011
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/bon-vacation.html
Three main Bon dance of Japan
Bon dances were originally held to send off the spirits of our ancestors. Three main Bon odori of Japan are Awa Odori , Gujo Odori and Nishimonai no Bon Odori.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.com/2018/08/three-main-bon-dance-of-japan.html

--Bunraku--
Koi no odamaki in Imoseyama-onna-teikin(妹背山婦女庭訓)
This play features an event of cleaning wells called Ido-gae(井戸替) and refers to the schools for farmers and townspeople called terakoya(寺子屋). It is said that Edo(Tokyo) had a literacy rate of nearly 100 percent at the end of the Edo period.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/08/koi-no-odamaki.html

SEPTEMBER

1 Sept　The day of The Great Kanto Earthquake (関東大震災の日), Disaster Prevention Day
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/disaster-prevention-day.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/typhoon-and-pacific-saury.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/09/earthquakes.html
Nihyaku toka(二百十日)
Nihyaku toka means the 210th day from the first day of spring(rissyun) and signals the beginning of typhoon season.   　
1-3 Sept  Owara Kaze no Bon(おわら風の盆), Toyama Prefecture
Its most distinctive feature is melancholic music using a stringed instrument named kokyu (胡弓). The festival continues until dawn even after most tourists go to their accommodation.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/abnormally-hot-summer.html

9 Sept　重陽の節句

11-21 Sept　the Ginger Fair(しょうが市), Shiba Daijingu shrine, Tokyo

　　　　　　　　In the Edo Period, many one-eyed vendors sold ginger at the fair.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/two-festivals.html

11-23 Sept Japan Traditional Kogei(Art Crafts) Exhibition (日本伝統工芸展), Tokyo
The Exhibition will travel through such areas as Kyoto, Osaka, Kanazawa, Okayama, Matsue, Takamatsu, Sendai, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Hiroshima from September 11, 2024 to March 9, 2025.

14 and 15 Sept, (12,13 Oct) The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri(岸和田だんじり祭), Osaka

The floats make right-angled turns at street corners without slowing down and sometimes collide with each other or buildings.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/two-festivals.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/09/kishiwada-danjiri-matsuri.html

16 Sept Yabusame-shinji(流鏑馬神事), Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture
An archer on a running horse shoots three arrows with a turnip-shaped head at three wooden targets. Yabusame was one of practices to hone warrior skills.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/09/yabusame-shinji.html
16 Sept　(The third Monday in September)
Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day (敬老の日)★
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/respect-for-senior-citizens-day.html

17 Sept (the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar-solar calendar)

Jugoya (十五夜, full moon night), Chu-syu-no-meigetu(仲秋の名月)

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/jugoyafull-moon-night.html

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/moon-viewing.html

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/moon-viewing.html

http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/10/moon-viewing-events.html

19-25 Sept　Higan(彼岸)
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/higan-in-autumn.html

22 Sept　Autumnal Equinox Day(秋分の日)★

23 Sept　substitute holiday

other posts:
Kakocho(過去帳, family register of deaths) , Spider lily
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/higan-in-autumn.html
Spider liliy, immigrants from an ancient Korean kingdom
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/higan-in-autumn.html
Higan and spider lilies
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/09/higan-and-spider-lilies.html
waka poems about the moon
and the epitaph of a member of an eighth-century Japanese mission to China
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/waka-poems-about-moon.html
the origin of manju
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/respect-for-senior-citizens-day.html
seven autumnal flowers
   bush clover(萩,hagi), Japanese pampas grass(薄,susuki), kudzu(葛), fringed pink(撫子,nadeshiko), golden lace(女郎花,ominaeshi), thoroughwort(藤袴,fujibakama), balloon flower
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/balloon-flower.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/07/bon-festival.html
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/10/susuki-grass-and-cosmos.html
Foliage season starts
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/09/foliage-season-started.html

There are a lot of long-running companies in Japan. Japanese people have found value in lasting long. A non-fiction writer says that a series of innovation make tradition and a key to longevity is benefiting not only the seller and the buyer but society. It's important to be rated highly by society.
The oldest company in the world
      Kongougumi(金剛組) was founded as a traditional wooden building contractor in Osaka in 578.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/oldest-company-in-world.html
top ten long-running companies
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/typhoon-and-elderly.html

--Bunraku--
Shinshu Kawanakajima Gassen(信州川中島合戦) and Honcho Nijushi Kou(本朝廿四孝)
   "Women can't get places in this world..."--the grief of an elderly mother
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/shinshu-kawanakajima-gassen-and-honcho.html
Meiboku Sendai Hagi(伽羅先代萩)
    The highlight of this play is the suffering of Masaoka(政岡), a young lord's wet nurse,  who is torn between love for her child and loyalty to her lord. This play used to be performed in the 3rd month for female servants of warrior families who were allowed to return home during the Doll's Festival.
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/meiboku-sendai-hagi.html
Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira(鑓の権三重帷子)
     tea ceremony and samurai
http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2010/09/yari-no-gonza-kasane-katabira.html

Four Seasons in Japan

2024 calendar (July - Sept) - updated 15 June 2024

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