The Japanese calendar is filled with traditional annual events, including religious and agricultural rituals as well as seasonal festivals, many of which retain cultural importance today.

Below we look ahead to these and other developments on the Japanese calendar for 2025. 1: First anniversary of earthquake on Noto Peninsula. 17: Thirtieth anniversary of Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

NHK spoke with an expert on Japan's Imperial system and the importance of era names. Japanese calendars often show Gengo as well as the western era The era name, Gengo in Japanese, is used ...

are expected to hit various parts of Japan. The official start of summer, called “rikka,” is May 5. In conventional years, it is only the start of summer under the traditional calendar.

Melbourne-based Kana Atkinson has been producing charity calendars for 10 years to support the disaster-affected Tohoku area in Japan Source: Kana Atkinson Charity Calendar for 2021. The calendar ...