Japanese Festival and Calendar Lore

6-Day-Week Special Holidays ament Star Omen Animal ament Star birthday Buddhist Butsumetsu celebration ceremony Chrysanthemum Dai-an Dai-an All day dance dead Dragon 2 Black Dragon 8 White Earth Negative Cock Earth Positive Element Quality Animal Emperor feast Fire Positive Horse five festivals flowers Fudo funeral geisha gods Hinamatsuri January Japan Japanese KINENBI Kyoto Lunar Calendar Matsuri Meiji Metal Negative Sheep Month starts moon national holidays Negative Boar Negative Hare Nichiren night O-Bon Osaka Ox 2 Black Ox 5 Yellow Ox 8 White poems Positive Dog Positive Rat prayer priests rice Sakimake scene season Sengachi Setsu Setsubun seven Shakko Sheep 2 Black Sheep 5 Yellow Sheep 8 White Shinran Shinto Shōgun Shrine spirits Star in Center Star Omen 6-Day-Week Succeed Taishō takes place Tanabata Temple Tenchō Tenjin Tennō Toilet NORTH Tokyo Tomobiki Tomobiki Fringes wedding White Advance White Beware White Control White Decide White Receive woman Yasukuni Shrine Zodiac