Monday, September 8, 2014

Jugoya (night of the full moon)

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today is September 8,the day of Jugoya in Japan.
Jugoya means the full-moon night in Japanese.
Jugoya is written in Japanese as 十五夜.

Jugoya is also called "Chushu no Meigetsu."
"Chushu no Meigetsu" means the harvest moon in Japanese.
Chushu no Meigetsu is written in Japanese as 中秋の名月.


In Japan, we offer sweet rice dumplings and Japanese pampas grass on the moon.
Japanese pampas grass means the object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned, and we offer sweet rice dumplings to thank for gain.

We enjoy watching the moon on the night of the full moon,it is called "TSUKIMI" in Japanese.
TSUKIMI is written in Japanese as 月見.

Fall in Japan is very beautiful.

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