FEBRUARY calendar

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February - nigatsu 二月　





.................... 01 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Kawahigashi Hekigoto 河東碧梧桐 .
Kan-ake Ki 寒明忌 "Day when the cold ends"

. hatsu tsuitachi 初朔日 first "first day" .

. St. Bridgid's Day - Ireland .


.................... 02 .................................................................................

. Candlemass 聖燭祭 .
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

. Groundhog Day .


.................... 03 .................................................................................

. Setsubun 節分 beginning of Spring .
throwing beans at demons 豆まき mamemaki

. Kasuga Shrine Lantern Festival 春日の万燈 .


.................... 04 .................................................................................

. risshun 立春 beginning of spring .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. Gishi-Sai 義士祭 , gishi no hi　義士の日
Memorial Ceremony for the 47 Samurai .
- - - - - Ooishi Ki 大石忌 (おおいしき)
Memorial Day for Oishi Kuranosuke, their leader


. No Cellphone Day.


.................... 05 .................................................................................

. nijuuroku seijinsai 二十六聖人祭
celebration of the 26 saints .


.................... 06 .................................................................................

. Kumano Kamikura Shrine Torch Festival 御灯祭 .


.................... 11 .................................................................................

. National Foundation Day 建国記念日 .
kenkoku kinenbi


.................... 14 .................................................................................

. Valentine's Day バレンタインデー .


.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Serbia National Day .


.................... 18 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Ryokan 良寛忌 .



.................... 19 .................................................................................

. usui 雨水 rain water .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気


.................... 20 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Naito Meisetsu 内藤鳴雪 .
"Old Plum Tree Day", Roobai Ki 老梅忌



.................... 22 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Courtesan Yugiri 夕霧忌 .
And allusions to the Tales of Genji 源氏物語

. ninja no hi 忍者の日 Day of the Ninja spies .

. George Washington Birthday - USA .



.................... 25 .................................................................................

. Goa Carnival - India .



.................... third Monday

. Family Day, Alberta Family Day - Canada .


. WKD : February - a Haiku Month .

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. WKD : World Days in February .

. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - February .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - February .



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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .


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MARCH calendar

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March - sangatsu　三月　





.................... 01 .................................................................................

. Mărţişor - Martisor (the amulet) - Romania .

boosai yoohin tenken no hi 防災用品点検の日
day of general checkups for disaster goods
advocated by disaster and catastrophy adviser
山村武彦 Yamamura Takehiko.
Not only on the Day of the Great Kanto Earthquake (September 01), but four times a year, including the first day of March, June and December.


.................... 02 .................................................................................

. Sending off Water from Wakasa お水送り .


.................... 03 .................................................................................

. Hina Doll Festival 雛祭り Hina Matsuri .
Double-dates with prime numbers like 3/3, 5/5, 9/9
were special festival days in Japan and China.


. Sangwacha　サングヮチャー Okinawa .



.................... 05 .................................................................................

. keichitsu 啓蟄 awakening of hibernated insects .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気


.................... 08 .................................................................................

. International Woman's Day .
including Mother's Day


.................... 09 .................................................................................

. Kashima Shrine Festival 鹿島祭頭祭 .
鹿島神宮 Kashima Jingu



.................... 11 .................................................................................

. March Eleven 2011 in Japan .



.................... 13 .................................................................................

. Kasuga Shrine Festival 春日祭 .


.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Nirvana West wind 涅槃西風 .


.................... 16 .................................................................................

. Fire-swinging festival at Aso Shrine Kyushu 火振り祭 .


.................... 17 .................................................................................

. St. Patrick's Day - Ireland .


.................... 20/21 .................................................................................

. shunbun 春分 vernal equinox, spring solstice .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. Nowruz, Newroz - "Persian New Year" . India

. "Shrine Day" 社日 shanichi .



.................... 23 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Saigyo Hoshi 西行忌　/ 西行法師 .



.................... 24 .................................................................................

. World Tuberculosis Day .


.................... 25 .................................................................................

. wind up mount Hira 　比良八荒 Hira hakkoo .
Hira hakkoo 比良八講 prayer ceremony for Hira


.................... 30 .................................................................................

. World Apitherapy Day .


.................... second Saturday

. Walking through hot embers at Mt. Takao 高尾山の火渡り祭 .


.................... last Saturday

. Earth Hour .



. WKD : March - a Haiku Month .


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. WKD : World Days in March .

. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - March .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - March .



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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .


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. WKD : the complete SAIJIKI list .

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APRIL calendar

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April - shigatsu　四月




.................... 01 .................................................................................

. April Fool's Day, All Fools' Day 四月馬鹿 .


.................... 02 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Enomoto Kikaku 基角忌 .


.................... 05 .................................................................................

. seimei 清明 Clear and bright .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. seimeisai 清明祭 Seimei festival. Okinawa .


.................... 07 .................................................................................

. Osaki Hosai Memorial Day 放哉忌 .


.................... 08 .................................................................................

. Buddha's Birthday Celebrations 仏生会 .
Buddha Purnima - India

. Memorial Day for Takahama Kyoshi 虚子忌 / Chinju Ki 椿寿忌.


.................... 09 .................................................................................

. Bataan Day or Day of Valor - Philippines .


.................... 10 .................................................................................

. Arbor Day (tree day) .


.................... 11 .................................................................................

. Cherry Blossom Festival at Yoshino 吉野花会式 .


.................... 13 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day of Ishikawa Takuboku 啄木忌 .



.................... 14 .................................................................................

. Sanno Festival 山王祭 .
Hiyoshi Shrine, Otsu 日吉神社

. Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day - India .

.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Umewaka Maru 梅若忌 .

. Africa Day .


.................... 17 .................................................................................

International Haiku Poetry Day
- The Haiku Foundation -



.................... 18 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Saint Honen Hoonen-ki (Honenki) 法然忌 .



.................... 20 .................................................................................

. kokuu, koku u 穀雨 grain rain .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気


.................... 21 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Sen no Rikyu 利休忌 .

. Yasukuni Shrine festival 靖国祭 .


.................... 22 .................................................................................

. Earth Day アースデイ .


.................... 25 .................................................................................

. ceremony for Monju Bosatsu, Kofuku-Ji 興福寺文殊会 .

. World Malaria Day . 　

. Anzac Day - Australia .


.................... 28 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Saint Gensei 元政忌 .


.................... 29 .................................................................................

. Showa Day 昭和の日 .
Beginning of Golden Week 黄金週間 till May 5


.................... 30 .................................................................................

. Queen's Day - Holland .
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands



.................... second Sunday

. Eating large portions of rice in Nikko 日光強飯式 .
ritual at temple Rinno-Ji 輪王寺 in Nikko


.................... last Sunday

. Sekiten Sekiten 釈奠, Confucius Festival 孔子祭 .
Sekisai 釈菜



.................... All April .................................................................................


. National Poetry Month, USA .



. WKD : April - a Haiku Month .

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. WKD : World Days in April .

. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - April .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - April .



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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .


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. WKD : the complete SAIJIKI list .

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MAY calendar

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May - gogatsu 五月





.................... 01 .................................................................................

. May Day メーデー .
Labor Day, Labour Day, International Day of the Worker

. Hiraizumi Fujiwara Festival 平泉藤原祭 .

. Walpurgis Night - Walpurgisnacht, Germany .


.................... 02 .................................................................................

. hachijuuhachiya 八十八夜
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring .



.................... 03 .................................................................................

. Constitution Memorial Day 憲法記念日 kenpo kinenbi .

. Opening the doors at Yoshino, Ominesan 大峰山戸開式 .


.................... 04 .................................................................................

. Greenery Day 緑の日 .



.................... 05 .................................................................................

. rikka 立夏 beginning of summer .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. Tango no sekku 端午の節句 Tango festival for the Boys . .
Kodomo no Hi - Children's Day
End of Golden Week

. Uji Shrine Festival 宇治祭 .

. Medicine Day 薬の日 kusuri no hi .


.................... 08 .................................................................................

. Ceremony for Buddha's Mother 仏母会 .


.................... 10 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Katsushika Hokusai 北斎忌 .

. Bird Week バードウィーク until May 16 .


.................... 13 .................................................................................

. Kanda Shrine Festival 神田祭 Tokyo .


.................... 14 .................................................................................

. Izumo Shrine Festival 出雲大祭礼 .


.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Aoi matsuri 葵祭 Hollyhock Festival at Kamo Shrine.

. Kobe Festival 神戸まつり Kobe Matsuri .

. Wakanoura Festival 和歌浦祭 .


.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Teachers Day . Malaysia - Tun Abdul Razak


.................... 17 .................................................................................

. Nikko Toshogu Shrine Festival 日光東照宮祭 .


.................... 21 .................................................................................

. shooman 小満 "grain full" .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気


.................... 24 .................................................................................

. Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day .


.................... 25 .................................................................................

. Missing Children's Day .


.................... 28 .................................................................................

. Tora ga Ame 虎ケ雨 / 虎が雨 Tears of Lady Tora .
rain in the town of Oiso

. Memorial Day for Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 .


.................... 30 .................................................................................

gomi 53　ゴミ 塵　dirt
gomi 530 no dirt around here / "0" means nothing.
goroawase. day to clean the environment.

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.................... last MONDAY

. Memorial Day - USA .
Formerly known as Decoration Day


.................... third SUNDAY

. Sanja Festival in Asakusa Tokyo 三社祭　 .


.................... third SUNDAY

. Barangay Fiesta - Philippines .


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. seibozuki 聖母月 month of the holy mother.
..... Maria no tsuki マリアの月（まりあのつき）month of Maria
The month of May.


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. WKD : May - a Haiku Month .


. goroawase, goro-awase　語呂合わせ　
wordplay with numbers and dates .


goroawase - days for May 今日は何の日? 5月の記念日
- source : hukumusume.com/366


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. WKD : World Days in May .

. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - May .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - May .



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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .


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. WKD : the complete SAIJIKI list .

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JUNE calendar

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June - rokugatsu　六月



.................... 01 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Tokugawa Ieyasu 家康忌 .

. Yamabiraki 山開き Season opening on Mount Fuji .

. Changeing into summer robes 更衣 koromogae .

. Radio Day 電波の日 Electro-magnetic Waves Day .

. Madaraka Day - Kenya .

boosai yoohin tenken no hi 防災用品点検の日
day of general checkups for disaster goods
advocated by disaster and catastrophy adviser
山村武彦 Yamamura Takehiko.
Not only on the Day of the Great Kanto Earthquake (September 01), but four times a year, including the first day of March, June and December.


.................... 05 .................................................................................

kankyoo no hi　環境の日 World Environment Day
1999 Our Earth – Our Future – Just Save It!
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.................... 06 .................................................................................

. Beginning of the Rainy Season 梅雨入 tsuyuiri .
sometimes dated to June 11.


.................... 07 .................................................................................

. Shinagawa Festival 品川祭 .


.................... 10 .................................................................................

. Anniversary of Time 時の記念日 .


.................... 13 .................................................................................

. Dazai Osamu Memorial Day 太宰治 / 桜桃忌 .


.................... 14 .................................................................................

. Sapporo Summer Festival 札幌祭 .


.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Minamoto Yoshitsune 義経忌 .




.................... 20 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Ogata Korin 光琳忌 .



.................... 03 .................................................................................

. Martyrs’ Day - Uganda .


.................... 04 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Dengyo Daishi Saicho 最澄忌 .



.................... 06 .................................................................................

. booshu 芒種 Boshu, "grain in ear" .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. Memorial Day for Priest Ganjin 鑑真忌 .


.................... 09 .................................................................................

. Charles Dickens Memorial Day - England .



.................... 12 .................................................................................

. Independence Day - Philippines .


.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Kitamura Kigin 季吟忌 .
He was the haiku teacher of Matsuo Basho.


.................... 16 .................................................................................

. Day of the African Child .


.................... 21 .................................................................................

. geshi 夏至 summer solstice .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. World Music Day .



.................... 23 .................................................................................

. Golowan Festival - England .


.................... 30 .................................................................................

. Summer Purification Ceremony 夏祓 .
June Purification Ritual, minazuki harai, harae 六月祓


.................... first Sunday

. Uesutonsai ウェストン祭 Weston Festival .
Reverend Walter Weston (1861~1940) at Kamikochi



.................... second Sunday

. Father's Day 父の日 Chichi no Hi, Vatertag .


.................... end of June

. Wimbledon Tennis Tournament - England .

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. WKD : June - a Haiku Month .

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. WKD : World Days in June .

. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - June .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - June .



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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .


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. WKD : the complete SAIJIKI list .

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JULY calendar

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July - shichigatsu　七月　





.................... 01 .................................................................................

. Gion Festival begins 祗園祭（ Kyoto .

. Canada Day .


.................... 03 .................................................................................

. Franz Kafka カフカ　フラン Birthday Memorial .



.................... 04 .................................................................................

. Independence Day - USA .

. Memorial Day for Madame Curie キュリー忌 .


.................... 05 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Eisai Zenji 栄西忌 .


.................... 06 .................................................................................

. Sumiyoshi Shrine Rice Planting Festival 住吉の御田植 .


.................... 07 .................................................................................

. Star Festival 七夕 Tanabata .

. shoosho 小暑 Shosho, small heat .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. Haguro Festival 羽黒花祭 Festival of the Three Mountains of Dewa .

. Nippon fukushasai 日本福者祭 canonization day of Japan .



.................... 14 .................................................................................

. Fire Festival at Nachi 那智の火祭り Kumano .

. Paris Festival パリ祭 .
The Storming of the Bastille, Le quatorze juillet


.................... 15 .................................................................................

.
Middle third of the year begins 中元 chuugen, Chugen presents .



.................... 17 .................................................................................

. Miyajima Itsukushima festival 厳島祭 .

.................... 20 .................................................................................

. Ramadan begins in the year 2012 .
It ends on August 18, 2012.


.................... 21 .................................................................................

. Ocean Day 海の日 umi no hi .
Marine Day, Sea Day, Marine Memorial Day

. Belgian National Day - Fête nationale de la Belgique .


.................... 23 .................................................................................

. taisho 大暑 great heat .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気


.................... 24 .................................................................................

. Tenjin Festival 天神祭 for Sugawara Michizane .

. Memorial Day for Akutagawa Ryunosuke 芥川 龍之介 .
Gaki ki 餓鬼忌, Kappa ki 河童忌, Chookoodoo ki　澄江堂


.................... 27 .................................................................................

. Oyama festival 大山祭 at shrine Afuri Jinja, Kanagawa .


.................... 29 .................................................................................

. Feast of Saints Peter and Paul 聖ペトロ・パウロ祭 .


.................... 31 .................................................................................




. WKD : July - a Haiku Month .



onbe matsuri　おんべ祭り　Onbe Festival
and ayu uranai 鮎占い divination with trout sweetfish
first Sunday in July.


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. WKD : World Days in July .

. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - July .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - July .



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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .


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. WKD : the complete SAIJIKI list .

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AUGUST calendar

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August - hachigatsu　八月　





.................... 01 .................................................................................

. Hassaku 八朔 (はっさく) Hassaku day .
first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar

. Sansa Bon-odori dance in Morioka さんさ踊り . 　　

. Emancipation Day - Trinidad and Tobago .


.................... 02 .................................................................................

. moxabustion on August second　後の二日灸 .

. Memorial Day for Uejima Onitsura 上島鬼貫 .


.................... 03 .................................................................................

. Akita Lantern Festival 秋田かんとう祭 .

. Day of Honey 蜂蜜の日 hachi mitsu .


.................... 04 .................................................................................

. Kitano Tenmangu Shrine Festival 北野天満宮 Kyoto .


.................... 06 .................................................................................

. Hiroshima-ki 広島忌 Hiroshima Memorial Day .

haro 八六の日　86 Hallo Day
goroawase. ha(chi) ro(ku)


.................... 07 .................................................................................

. Mitarashi Purification Ritual at Shimogamo 御手洗会 .

. Nairobi Bomb Day, Kenya 1998 .


. Referendum Day, Kenya August 2010 .


. Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Day, India .


.................... 07/08 .................................................................................

. autumn begins 立秋 risshuu .


.................... 08 .................................................................................

. Memorial day for Yanagita Kunio 柳田國男 .


.................... 09 .................................................................................

. Nagasaki-ki 長崎忌 Nagasaki Memorial Day.

. Memorial Day for Tan Taigi 炭太祇 .


.................... 12 .................................................................................

. Perseid Meteor Showers .


.................... 13 - 15 .................................................................................

. O-bon お盆 Obon Ancestor Festival.



.................... 15 .................................................................................

. hachigatsu juugonichi 八月十五日 August 15 .

. shuusen kinenbi 終戦記念日 End of War Day .

. Mishima Shrine Festival 三島祭 .


. Independence Day, India 1947 .

. Feast of the Assumption 被昇天祭 .


.................... 16 .................................................................................

. Kyoto Gozan Okuribi 京都五山送り火
fire for seeing off the souls after O-Bon .

. Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) .


.................... 19 .................................................................................

. Haiku Day 俳句の日 HA-I-KU, Haiku no Hi .



.................... 21 .................................................................................

. Senior Citizen's Day, India .



.................... 22 .................................................................................

. The Immaculate Heart of Mary 聖母聖心祭 .


.................... 23 .................................................................................

. Shosho 処暑 Limit of heat .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. Memorial Day for Saint Ippen 一遍上人 .
Yugyoo-Ki 遊行忌　”Memorial Day of the Travelling Saint”


.................... 24 .................................................................................

. Jizobon, Jizo Bon 地蔵盆 .


.................... 25 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Oota Dookan 太田道灌 .
Ota Dokan, first builder of Edo Castle



.................... 26 .................................................................................

. kyuu Tanabata 旧七夕　Star Festival .
according to the lunar calendar
in some places on August 7.



.................... 31 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Maruyama Okyo 円山 応挙 .





. WKD : August - a Haiku Month .


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. WKD : World Days in August .


. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - August .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - August .


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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.

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September - kugatsu　九月　





.................... 01 ................................................................................

. Kanto earthquake memorial day 震災記念日 .
at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923.

. Bon of the Wind (kaze no bon　風の盆) .
Toyama prefecture, Japan

. Kashima Shrine Festival 鹿島祭 .

. 210th day after the beginning of spring
nihyaku tooka 二百十日 .

. School year begins in Mongolia .

boosai yoohin tenken no hi 防災用品点検の日
day of general checkups for disaster goods
advocated by disaster and catastrophy adviser
山村武彦 Yamamura Takehiko.
Not only on the Day of the Great Kanto Earthquake (September 01), but four times a year, including the first day of March, June and December.


.................... 02 ................................................................................

. Tsuruga Festival 敦賀祭 .
shrine Kehi Jinja festival 気比祭. A town visited by Matsuo Basho.

. KUTSU - ku tsu 靴の日　day of the shoes .


.................... 03 ................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Saint Donryu 呑龍忌, 1623 .


.................... 05 ................................................................................

. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Day - India .
Teacher's Day


.................... 07 .................................................................................

. hakuro 白露 white dew .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気



.................... 08 .................................................................................

. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 聖母生誕祭 .



.................... 09 .................................................................................

. Chrysanthemum Festival (chooyoo 重陽) .
"double prime number nine"

. Memorial Day for Ihara Saikaku, Ibara Saikaku 井原西鶴 .


.................... 11 .................................................................................

. Ginger Market and Festival 生姜市 .
Shrine Shiba Myojin 芝神明祭 Tokyo

. World Trade Centre Tragedy (2001) USA .
Nine Eleven 2001

. Exaltation of the Cross 十字架祭 .


.................... 14 .................................................................................

. Kamakura Hachimangu Shrine Festival 鶴岡八幡祭 .

. Saint Cyprian .


.................... 15 .................................................................................

. Respect for the Aged Day 敬老の日 .
roojin no hi 老人の日


. Memorial Day for Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武 .



.................... 18 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 .
Taikoo Ki 太閤忌 - Hideyoshi Ki 秀吉忌



.................... 19 .................................................................................


. Memorial Day for Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .
Shiki ki 子規忌, hechima-ki 糸瓜忌, Dassai Ki 獺祭忌

. St. Demetrius Day .
Sheperds Winter Starts - Romania


.................... 21 .................................................................................

. Dazaifu Festival 大宰府祭 in Fukuoka .

. World Peace Day .


.................... 22 .................................................................................

. Memorial Day for Dogen Zenji 道元禅師 .

. World Car Free Day, Carless Day .

. Playing for Change Day .


.................... 23 .................................................................................

. shuubun 秋分 autumn equinox .
one of the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

. World Deaf Day .


.................... 27 .................................................................................

. We Day - We Schools in Action .

Arthur's Day - Arthur Guinness - Beer


.................... 28 .................................................................................

. Memorial ritual for Confucius in Autumn 秋の釈奠 .

. World Heart Day .


.................... 29 .................................................................................

. Feast of Saint Michael 聖ミカエル祭 .

. Michaelmas - England .



.................... first Monday .................................................................................

. Labour Day, Labor Day - USA .



. WKD : September - a Haiku Month .

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. WKD : World Days in September .

. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - September .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - September .



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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Study the details here, please:

. The Japanese Haiku Calendar.


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .


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. WKD : the complete SAIJIKI list .

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