{"id":3500,"date":"2014-05-05T17:53:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T17:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2018-07-25T20:30:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T20:30:15","slug":"japanese-childrens-day-kodomono-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-childrens-day-kodomono-hi\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Children&#8217;s Day &#8211; Kodomono-hi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is May 5th, which is a national holiday in Japan, called Children&#8217;s Day (Kodomono hi, \u5b50\u4f9b\u306e\u65e5\u3001\u3053\u3069\u3082\u306e\u3072) Kodomono-hi is the day to respect every child&#8217;s personality and to celebrate their happiness. But this day is also the day to be thankful for mothers. Originally, May 5th was called <i style=\"color: #252525\">Tango no Sekku (\u7aef\u5348\u306e\u7bc0\u53e5\u3001\u305f\u3093\u3054\u306e\u305b\u3063\u304f)\u00a0<\/i>to celebrate mainly boys since we have Doll&#8217;s festival on March 3rd annually. However, eventually, May 5th was renamed to Kodomono-hi\u00a0to include ALL children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Koinobori, \u9bc9\u306e\u307c\u308a -Carp Streamers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Japan, around this time of the year, you will see many carps swimming in the sky.These carp streamers are called Koinobori(\u9bc9\u306e\u307c\u308a\u3001\u3053\u3044\u306e\u307c\u308a). Carps means Koi(\u9bc9\u3001\u3053\u3044) in Japanese. In old Chinese legend, it was believed that carps that swam upstream turned into dragons. Typically for each house, every member of the family has his\/her own carp attached to the same pole.<\/p>\n<p>The top black carp called, Magoi(\u771f\u9bc9\u3001\u307e\u3054\u3044) represents the father. The second red carp, Higoi(\u7dcb\u9bc9\u3001\u3072\u3054\u3044) represents the mother. The smallest carp, also called\u00a0Higoi(\u7dcb\u9bc9\u3001\u3072\u3054\u3044) represents the child. You will have more smaller carps if you have more children in the house.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the popular Koinobori Song.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sTGcugoVI9I\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sTGcugoVI9I<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Japanese Culture - Traditional Japanese Songs - Koinobori\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zhk5YMcobhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gogatsu Ningyo &#8211; \u4e94\u6708\u4eba\u5f62\u3000-Warrior Doll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Koinobori is not the only thing people display for Kodomono-hi. Gogatsu Ningyo\uff08\u4e94\u6708\u4eba\u5f62\u3001\u3054\u304c\u3064\u3000\u306b\u3093\u304e\u3087\u3046\uff09is a warrior doll for Children&#8217;s Day. The doll symbolizes the strength and\u00a0courage for children. Most of the house with boys will have a display like the one below.<\/p>\n<p>Watch how this family puts together the Gogatsu Ningyo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5\u6708\u4eba\u5f62\u306e\u7d44\u7acb Armor helmet\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SENwbg8r9Q4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chimaki &#8211; \u3061\u307e\u304d\u3000\u3000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chimaki is sort of like a dumplings or rice cakes that are wrapped in bamboo leaf. You can find Chimaki easily at any supermarkets around Children&#8217;s Day in Japan, but they are ony available this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Japan is not the only country to celebrate Children&#8217;s Day as many other countries also celebrate Children&#8217;s Day on June 1st. How about in your country? Do you celebrate Children&#8217;s Day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/chimaki-350x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/chimaki-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/chimaki.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Today is May 5th, which is a national holiday in Japan, called Children&#8217;s Day (Kodomono hi, \u5b50\u4f9b\u306e\u65e5\u3001\u3053\u3069\u3082\u306e\u3072) Kodomono-hi is the day to respect every child&#8217;s personality and to celebrate their happiness. But this day is also the day to be thankful for mothers. Originally, May 5th was called Tango no Sekku (\u7aef\u5348\u306e\u7bc0\u53e5\u3001\u305f\u3093\u3054\u306e\u305b\u3063\u304f)\u00a0to celebrate mainly boys&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-childrens-day-kodomono-hi\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":3506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3500","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6137,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/6137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}