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| | japanese culture, cultural calendar, rice planting, obon, star festival, bon festival, obon (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Japanese people tend to be definitive about their seasons (conscious of the seasonal changes), especially around tsuyu season, which can be seen in the announcement of the beginning and end of a rainy season by The Meteorological Agency. |
 | | Even though there has been a decrease in the amount of rice Japanese people consume, rice still is the staple food and loved by the majority of people here. |
 | | After risshu, Aug 7 or 8th (on the lunar calendar, it is the day on which autumn begins) the name of this custom changes to Zansho mimai, which means more like lingering heat greeting. |
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