Today is a national holiday called kinro kansha no hi (勤労感謝の日), Labor Thanksgiving Day.
It is the day when one of the important ceremonies of the year called niinamesai (新嘗祭) is held at the Imperial Palace. The ritual is offered the harvests of the year to the shinto gods by the Emperor and he himself eats with them later. In the shinto shrines around the Japan the ceremony is also taken places.
I visited the nearby shrine to see the ceremony. It started at 3 pm and lasted for an hour and was very sacred. I am glad to have attended.
I had a good four day weekend.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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