midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
festival; feast; carnival
first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor
① 夏に害虫、風水害などの災厄や疾病などを祓うことを祈願して行われる祭り。② 夏季に行われる神社の祭り。
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
main festival; main day of a festival
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
① 冬の祭りで立冬から立春にかけて行われる神社の神事祭礼。
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
festival; feast; carnival
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
① 秋に行われる神社の祭礼で秋の収穫を感謝して神に新穀を供えて行う祭り。
① 三月三日の上巳の節句に女の子の成長と幸福を祈って行う行事。雛壇に雛人形などを飾り、白酒、菱餅などを供える。春の季語。
① 春に行われる祭りの総称でその年の豊作を祈願する祈年祭。
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival
(rocky) seashore party; seashore festival; celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
① 三月三日の上巳の節句に女の子の成長と幸福を祈って行う行事。雛壇に雛人形などを飾り、白酒、菱餅などを供える。春の季語。
semi-naked festival; festival in which the participants go naked apart from loin-cloths
Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
Sukkot; Succot; Feast of Tabernacles
festival in honor of Daikokuten
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
traditional festival in Kiryū City, Saitama