As per the tradition, if you have ancestors in Japan you could tend to their gravestones. Perhaps the best way to spend this time is expressing gratitude to loved ones who have passed-over.
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How To Commemorate the Vernal Equinox in/around Tokyo Bota mochi is a chewy ball of sweet rice, frequently used as an offering at shrines, temples and graves across Japan. During these times, trips to ancestral family graves are common, as is a popular food known as “bota mochi” (or “ohagi” during the autumn higan). As such, the celebratory practices during the higan periods are very similar. There are two higan seasons in Japan, and they both correspond to the dates of the equinoxes. As you may have guessed, Haru no Higan is a time to pay tributes to the spirits, or more specifically, the spirts of loved ones. Shunbun no Hi is actually part of a seven-day celebratory period known as “Haru no Higan” (春の彼岸), of which the term “higan” means “another world”. Due to the separation of religion from the state, via Japan’s post-war constitution, this holiday had to be repackaged into the non-religious holiday of today. Prior to WWII, this day was known as Shunki kōreisai, which was connected to Shintoism. The first observance of Vernal Equinox Day, also known as Spring Equinox Day, was in 1948, yet, as with many other Japanese holidays, its origins go back much further than that. Yet, being close enough, it’s unlikely the names of these events will change any time soon! How Did the Vernal Equinox Holiday Start? Due to light refraction and the geometric centre of the sun, the lengths of day and night are not completely equal. If we put the term “equinox” into context though, we discover that both the spring equinox, and the autumn equinox, are not true to their supposed meaning. In Japan, the autumn equinox is also marked with a public holiday, “Autumnal Equinox Day”, or 秋分の日 (Shubun no Hi) in Japanese. The term “equinox” means “equal night” in Latin, and there are two points in every year that it is observed, the second one being the autumn equinox.
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