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