March 20th is an equinox and the national holiday. September 23rd is also another equinox and holiday as well.
Japanese people used to celebrate the spring equinox to pray for good harvest in this coming year.
In Japan, there have been two traditions with both the spring and the autumn equinoxes.
The first one: to worship the holy spirits of the royal family of successive Japanese Emperors.
The second : to worship the ancestors at the graveyard; tradition from Buddhism.
In Buddhism, equinoxes are called " O-Hegun" phonetically in Japanese, meaning reaching out to the Buddhist deliverance or the sense of salvation.
Nowadays, many Japanese families enjoy "Ohagi": sticky rice cake covered with mashed red beans or yellow flour powder, seen in the left side:
Ohagi Phote in http://shop.eirakuya.co.jp/ja/item/114/
Flowers in my house; that seems to celebrate the spring equinoxJapanese people used to celebrate the spring equinox to pray for good harvest in this coming year.
In Japan, there have been two traditions with both the spring and the autumn equinoxes.
The first one: to worship the holy spirits of the royal family of successive Japanese Emperors.
The second : to worship the ancestors at the graveyard; tradition from Buddhism.
In Buddhism, equinoxes are called " O-Hegun" phonetically in Japanese, meaning reaching out to the Buddhist deliverance or the sense of salvation.
Nowadays, many Japanese families enjoy "Ohagi": sticky rice cake covered with mashed red beans or yellow flour powder, seen in the left side:Ohagi Phote in http://shop.eirakuya.co.jp/ja/item/114/
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