年中行事
Traditional Annual Events

	節分 Evening of the first day of spring		ひな祭り The Doll's Festival
	彼岸 The equinoctial week		七夕 The Star Festival
	大晦日 New Year's Eve		小正月 Koshogatsu
	針供養 Requiem services for broken needles		花祭り The anniversary of the birth of Buddha
	花見 Cherry blossom viewing		八十八夜 The eighty-eighth day after the beginning of spring
	土用 The doyo period		盆 The Bon Festival
	菊の節句（重陽の節句） The Chrysanthemum Festival (The Choyo Festival)		十五夜 The night of the full moon
	七五三 Festival for children of three, five, and seven years of age