Japanese Holidays & Festivals

Children's Day, Doll Festival, Obon, Japanese New Year...

General / Mixed / Misc.

Autumn Festival Mikoshi (festival shrine craft) - Yamaha Motors

Bento Recipes: Sakura Mochi, Non-cherry Cherry Treat (for Hanami, cherry blossom viewing) - My Lunch Can Beat Up Your Lunch

Chocolate Covered Cherry Daifuku (for Japanese Valentine's Day) - The Anime Blog

Hanami (paper sakura tree tableau) - Yamaha Motors

Milky Way Sohmen (recipe for Tanabata: amanogawa) - Grandma's Kitchen

Setsubun Oni-no-Men (paper demon mask) - Yamaha Motors

Street Fair Food For Japanese Summer Festival (yakisoba/stir fry noodles, takoyaki/octopus dumplings, goheimochi/grilled rice cake) - KC

Children's Day / Kodomo No Hi / Boy's Day

Children's Day Bento Lunch - Lunch In A Box

Children's Day Craft Activity: Koinobori - Tara McGowan

Flying Fish (koi-no-bori kite craft) - FamilyFun.com

How To Make A Paper Carp Kite - Associated Content

Koinobori - Zoom

Koi-nobori Origami - Tammy Yee

Make Your Own Kite!

Sweet Peanut Mochi (rice cakes) - Food In Every Country

Tango-no-Sekku Kabuto-Kazari (paper warrior figure craft) - Yamaha Motors

Hina Matsuri / Girl's Day / Doll Festival

Chirashi-sushi (Scattered Sushi) - KCC

Chirashizushi (recipe) - JPN-MIYABI

Girls' Day Origami (fold an empress and emperor) - Tammy Yee

Happy Girl's Day! (strawberry mochi recipe) - Busy Mamas

Hinamatsuri (chirashizushi recipe) - Our Adventures In Japan

Japan's Hina Matsuri Festival (make dolls & display steps) - Crayola

Japanese: Girls' Day, Food (chichi dango, pink mochi, strawberry yukan, tri-colored mochi...) - Little Buddha Baby

Japanese Girl's Day Party (recipes: chirashi-zushi, ushio-jiru, sakura-mochi) - Setsuko Yoshizuka

Make Your Own Dolls!

Momo-No-Sekku Hina Ningyou (paper craft: dolls, display steps & accessories) - Yamaha Motors

Origami (Paper Folding) Hina Matsuri Doll: Emperor - AskAsia.org

Shell-Shaped Sushi (Hamaguri-Zushi) For Girls' Festival - Just Hungry

New Year / Omisoka / Gantan / Shogatsu

Asian New Year's Recipes (seven vegetable rice gruel recipe) - Grandma's Kitchen

Japanese New Year's Cuisine (ozoni stew with mochi) - Moscow Food Co-op Recipes

Japanese New Year's Food (ebi-no-saka-mushi/sake steamed shrimp, date-maki/rolled sweet omelet, kurikinton/mashed sweet potato with chestnuts...) - About.com

Japanese O-Zoni (Japanese New Year's miso soup with rice cake) - Soupsong

Japanese Recipe: Ozoni - The Anime Blog

More Japanese Recipes

New Year (paper crafts: kadomatsu, kumade) - Yamaha Motors

O-Shougatsu Dishes (New Year's salad / kohaku namasu) - Discojing

Ozoni: New Year's Soup - Food In Every Country

Obon / Festival Of Lanterns / All Souls'

Bon Dance Tips (Okinawan style for Obon) - champuru.com

Japan: Obon Festival (rice dumplings recipe, tips) - Noveltyguide.com

Old Bon Odori, New Food (chow funny; grilled tandoori chicken; grilled corn salad) - The Gochiso Gourmet

Tokyo Dontaku (Bon Odori dance of Tokyo for O-Bon) - Phantom Ranch

Japanese Recipes

Upcoming Holidays

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May 1:	May Day
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May 1:	Beltane
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May 5:	Cinco de Mayo
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May 5:	Children's Day
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May 13:	Mother's Day
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May 25:	Africa Day
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May 25:	Arbor Day
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May 27:	Pentecost
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May 28:	Memorial Day
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