Archive for January, 2022
About Unique Japanese Valentine’s Day Posted by eriko1 on Jan 27, 2022
What is the biggest event in February (二月 nigatsu)? Setsubun (節分), which falls on February 3? For the entire nation, it may be. Setsubun means to divide seasons (季節 kisetsu), dividing the winter and the spring (2/4). On Setsubun, people throw roasted soybeans at Oni, a demon (鬼), shouting ” Out with the demons. In…
Year of the Tiger – a year of Growth and Beginning Posted by eriko1 on Jan 22, 2022
Belated happy new year! This is a year of the Tiger. Tiger in Japanese is written as 虎（tora）but for Zodiac, it is written as 寅. I have learned that there are many versions of animal zodiacs (十二支 Junishi) in the world with some differences in animals. We adopted (導入する dounyusuru) Zodiac from China. But there…