Thursday, August 2, 2012

2012.8.1

A new month has begun.  August is hachi gatsu (八月) in Japanese.  Its old name is hazuki (葉月), literally leaf month.
August 1 is the start of many things.   For example it is a day of sightseeing, and the sightseeing week begins.  Many fastivals in Tohoku (東北) area start today such as Neputa matsuri (ねぷた祭り) in Hirosaki (弘前) and Sansa odori (さんさ踊り) in Morioka, Iwate (岩手盛岡).

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