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Everything about Incense

Japan’s Traditional CultureIn Focus1In Japan, there are many traditional festivals, games, and types of entertainment that have beenpassed down since ancient times. Especially in traditions such as kabuki and the tea ceremony,you can feel the depth of their long history and the refined sense for beauty that is part ofJapanese culture.FestivalsFestivals to pray for children’s growth and household safety have existed sinceancient times. They have spread throughout Japan, and are still held today.SetsubunSetsubun means“a change of seasons.”Since it wasthought that evil spirits (demons) appear before thefirst day of spring, people started to hold a festival todrive them away by scattering parched beans.Hina MatsuriHina matsuri (“Girl’s Day”) is a festival held on March 3.People celebrate by displaying dolls and peach blossomsin their houses while hoping that their daughters willgrow up healthy and strong. It began during the Heianperiod (794?1192) in Kyoto, and spread throughout thecountry during the Edo period (1600?1867).TanabataThis festival combines the Japanese custom of prayingfor a large harvest with the Chinese practice of womenwishing to become better weavers. There is alsothe legend that Orihime and Hikoboshi (two loversrepresented by the stars Vega and Altair) meet each otheronce a year in the Milky Way?only on this day.OtsukimiThis full-moon viewing festival was inherited fromChina. During the Heian period (794?1192), the nobilityenjoyed parties where they would get on boats to lookat the reflection of the moon on the water. Today, peopleoffer sweet rice flour dumplings and Japanese pampasgrass and gaze at the moon.8