HOLIDAYS IN JAPAN -collection of 4 national holidays

New Year (shogatsu) -busiest holiday

-all duties are supposed to be completed Third Monday of July Ocean Day(umi no hi)
Coming of Age (seijin no hi) -return of Emperor Meiji
-2nd Monday of Japan August 11 Mountain Day (yama no hi)
February 3 Beginning of spring (setsubun) -2016
-not a nat’l holiday but celebrated at shrines July/Aug 13-15 Obon
and temples
-to commemorate deceased ancestors
-seasonal division
-annual buddhist event
-Oni wa soto! Fuku
3rd Monday of Sept Respect for the Aged Day
February 11 National Foundation Day (Keiro no hi)
(kenkoku kinenbi)
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Nov. 15 Seven-Five-Three (shichigosan)
February 12 Valentines
-girls of 3 and 7, boys of 3 and 5
-women give chocolates to men
Nov 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day
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February 23 Emperor’s bday (tenno no tanjobi)
Dec 24-25
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-not a national holiday
March3 Doll’s Festival (hina matsuri)
December 31 New Year’s Eve (omisoka)
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White Day
-Opposite of Valentine’s day
-men gives chocs to women
NATIONALITIES IN JAPANESE
April 29 Showa Day (Showa no hi)
-Add jin to express people of a country
-birthday of former emperor
Ex. Nihon-jin
May 3
I am a Filipino
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Watashi wa Firipin desu
May 4 Greenery Day (midori no hi)
-remembering new constitution
May 5 Children’s day
-Boy’s festival
Golden Week
POINTERS
Identification- 30 items

 Greetings
 Politeness/formalities
 Kanji- meaning
 Hiragana meaning
 Additional hiragana
 Months in Japan
Ex. October-jugatsu
 21st day in calendar
 Noun/pronouns
 Verb
 Holidays
 Nationalities
 titles

True or false – 20
 Culture of Japan
 Maru
 Hiragana vowels
 Time
 Ashta kyo today
 First personal pronoun
 Holiday
 Nationalities

Translation - 10
 Self intro
 BONUS: Translate 10 basic numbers
 Time
 days of the week
 Calendar day
 I am a filipino