Religion
People burning incense in a temple People reading the Bible in a church
Major Beliefs in Japan: Christian, Buddhism, or NON-RELIGION !
Their thought for belief is free. Most people go to a temple and pray for a good new year on January 1st even though they are not Buddhism (It is just a Japanese tradition).
Marriage Ceremony
There are two types of wedding ceremonies in Japan
(Japanese-style and Western-style)
They can choose either one or both if they want to.
Note: The fee for wedding ceremony is pretty expensive.
Four Seasons -春夏秋冬- and Festivals
Spring (春-haru-)
People celebrate with their families, friends, and boyfriend or girlfriend under cherry blossoms.
This activity is called "Hanami".
The cherry blossom is Japanese national flower.
During every spring season, you can see lots of beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan.
Summer (夏-natu-)
Summer festivals-there will be fireworks and many kinds of stands set up
People in U.S. are allowed to play with fireworks only on the independence day.But in Japan, you won't be arrested even if you play it everyday! (It is allowed!)
If you want to look for schedules for fireworks festivals, you can visit this website: http://hanabi.walkerplus.com/
Fall (秋-aki-)
Left image: Tsukimi
There is no major festivals in fall; however, one day night people do a home activity called"Tsukimi" (Left image).
Note: Tsukimi is an activity people look at the full moon and eat rice cakes at a calm night
The color of tree leaves begin to turn red in fall.
Some people like to hike to enjoy seeing the beautiful leaves (Right image).
Winter (冬-huyu-)
In winter, Japanese celebrate for Christmas like U.S..
They go look some beautiful illuminations.
Left image: Tokyo Millenario in Ginza Right image: Illumination of the Tokyo Tower
You can go visit the website of the Tokyo Millenario: http://www.millenario.com/
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