Talk:Japanese festivals

Do Japanese celebrate Lunar (Chinese) New Year?

They used to, and still use the Chinese animal zodiac, but nowadays I believe they celebrate the Western (Gregorian calendar) new year. - Gwalla 20:47, 31 May 2004 (UTC)Reply

Regarding the proposal to merge this article with Japanese calendar: This article's current stubby condition might look like that it could be merged with Japanese calendar. However, a lot can be written about Japanese festivals such as types of matsuri (mikoshi, parades, ceremonies, etc.) and the religious roots. So it shouldn't be merged. But it wouldn't be a problem to include festival dates in Japanese calendar. Photojpn.org 15:13, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I copied your comment to Talk:Japanese calendar since a discussion on this topic has already begun there. Please continue further discussion on this topic there. Thank you. --Tokek 06:21, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I am removing the notices. All 3 articles involved are part of global series and they need to be separately cateogorised. 16:57, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

At the end of this article after "see also" some information about certain festivals have been added. There are no headings and it is writted more like someone's personal diary than an encyclopedia. This really needs to be fixed to include more proper information and to get rid of things like "I did..." and "I think...."

Also, I never have problems reading Japanese text in articles but for some reason the Japanese text in this one doesn't work properly.

- I deleted all the journal type stuff that somebody wrote. To that person - this is meant to be an online encyclopaedia, not your journal. If you want to write about your experience, get a blog. 211.30.236.170 21:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)angry studentReply

Japanese festivals and Matsuri is same article..This article is describing Nationwide festivals and Matsuri is describing local festivals.I suggest this article merged with Matsuri--Forestfarmer 06:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

I think Matsuri should be merged into this article, with the name Japanese festivals maintained. Matsuri is a Japanese word, most users will not recognise it instantly; however, people interested in Japanese festivals will come here. Erk 17:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Would it be appropriate to add a section for Japanese Festivals outside of Japan? For example, Nisei Week in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California. ^BlankVerse 08:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

In the Tanabata article, it states that the dates for Tanabata are:

   * 2010-08-16
   * 2011-08-06
   * 2012-08-24
   * 2013-08-13
   * 2014-08-02
   * 2015-08-20
   * 2016-08-09
   * 2017-08-28
   * 2018-08-17
   * 2019-08-07
   * 2020-08-25

In this article, it states the dates are July 7.

Which is correct? Svyatoslav (talk) 06:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

Read the Tanabata page more closely, because it explains this: "As a result, some festivals are held on July 7, some are held on a few days around August 7, while the others are still held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the traditional Japanese lunisolar calendar, which is usually in August in the Gregorian Calendar." 2.25.134.109 (talk) 01:43, 12 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

I find the relevance of the references to Chinese festivals and the roles of Chinatowns in festivals in the header to be odd, to say the least. I submit for their omission. Knock-kneed (talk) 11:39, 27 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

The article was rated Start-class, for lack of references and coverage. To complete coverage, there should be sections on organization, significance for community action and solidarity, significance of religious versus secular festivals, and significance or presence within the culture at large. These aspects are treated in very perfunctory descriptions, in a rush to get to listing all the various types of matsuri, which is really of secondary importance, since there is a separate list of festivals, and some festivals have their own articles. The lack of references should be apparent. Boneyard90 (talk) 17:33, 28 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

There is a beautiful photograph from Japan's terrestrial Nippon TV of Takato Joshi Park – Nagano Prefecture showing an aerial view of cherry trees in blossom that could be added to this article. It appeared on Microsoft MSNews in the Windows 8.1 Start screen In Pictures shown end of March 2015. It could be seen full screen resolution, it cannot be selected and saved however and elsewhere the image is lower resolution and printed all over with Nippon TV. Perhaps the article author may seek it from Nippon TV for this article, in Wikipedia. That is a suggestion/idea for the Talk page. This Talk edit may be deleted once author has read it - if you wish. The link for the photograph is - see by copy/paste into browser or click icon at the end of the address: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=takato-joshi-koen+park+nagano&es_sm=93&biw=1603&bih=899&tbm=isch&imgil=drtzIU0pxIyNPM%253A%253B70F0mYEELTg25M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fnipponnews.photoshelter.com%25252Fimage%25252FI0000D93bh.V9x50&source=iu&pf=m&fir=drtzIU0pxIyNPM%253A%252C70F0mYEELTg25M%252C_&usg=__ox85s_5WbPzL8HESoeDYL4BYo9o%3D&ved=0CD0Qyjc&ei=1uEXVZnZK4KtUb-SgZAC#imgrc=drtzIU0pxIyNPM%253A%3B70F0mYEELTg25M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcdn.c.photoshelter.com%252Fimg-get%252FI0000D93bh.V9x50%252Fs%252F500%252Faflo-ECHA000123.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fnipponnews.photoshelter.com%252Fimage%252FI0000D93bh.V9x50%3B500%3B389 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.100.54.203 (talk) 11:32, 29 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

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This article places too much attribution to a Chinese origin for Japanese festivals, whereas a lot of the attribution needs to be shared with numerous other countries from across the Asia-Pacific. Furthermore, most Japanese would never attribute their festivals to China as well. Watashinowik (talk) 05:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

There are a few festivals known as Neputa or Nebuta. These are both equivalent words for the same thing to the Japanese (both derive from the verb 'sleep'). I think it is more usual for English speakers to use the form Neputa. But I'm not sure. Does anyone know better? debater (talk) 00:11, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply