tsukimi
Sign in to saveor , meaning, "moon-viewing", are Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon, a variant of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The celebration of the full moon typically takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the traditional Japanese calendar, known as ; the waxing moon is celebrated on the 13th day of the ninth month, known as . These days normally fall in September and October of the modern solar calendar.
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Tsukimi
- Holiday.type
- Asian
- Holiday.image
- File:Tsukimi,moon-viewing-party,japan.JPG
- Holiday.imagesize
- 250px
- Holiday.caption
- Festival offerings: Tsukimi dango (left), susuki grass (middle) and chestnuts (right)
- Holiday.official_name
- Tsukimi (月見)
- Holiday.observedby
- Japanese
- Holiday.longtype
- Cultural, religious (Buddhist)
- Holiday.significance
- Celebrates the harvest
- Holiday.begins
- 15th day of the 8th lunar month
- Holiday.ends
- 18th day of the 8th lunar month
- Holiday.date
- 13th day of the 9th lunar month
- Holiday.observances
- Burn incense at temples and consume dango
- Holiday.relatedto
- Mid-Autumn Festival (in China) Chuseok (in Korea) Tết Trung Thu (in Vietnam)Uposatha of Ashvini/Krittika (similar festivals that generally occur on the same day in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand)
- Holiday.frequency
- Annual
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or , meaning, "moon-viewing", are Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon, a variant of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The celebration of the full moon typically takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the traditional Japanese calendar, known as ; the waxing moon is celebrated on the 13th day of the ninth month, known as . These days normally fall in September and October of the modern solar calendar.
The tradition dates to the Heian era, and is now so popular in Japan that some people repeat the activities for several evenings following the appearance of the full moon during the eighth lunisolar month.