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    HOLIDAYS IN JAPAN Pointers

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    The document lists several national holidays in Japan including New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day, Mountain Day, Respect for the Aged Day, and Labor Thanksgiving Day. It also notes some seasonal celebrations like Setsubun and Obon. Golden Week refers to a string of holidays in late April and early May. The document concludes by explaining how to express nationalities in Japanese by adding the suffix "-jin" like "Nihon-jin" for Japanese people.

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    The document lists several national holidays in Japan including New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day, Mountain Day, Respect for the Aged Day, and Labor Thanksgiving Day. It also notes some seasonal celebrations like Setsubun and Obon. Golden Week refers to a string of holidays in late April and early May. The document concludes by explaining how to express nationalities in Japanese by adding the suffix "-jin" like "Nihon-jin" for Japanese people.

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    The document lists several national holidays in Japan including New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day, Mountain Day, Respect for the Aged Day, and Labor Thanksgiving Day. It also notes some seasonal celebrations like Setsubun and Obon. Golden Week refers to a string of holidays in late April and early May. The document concludes by explaining how to express nationalities in Japanese by adding the suffix "-jin" like "Nihon-jin" for Japanese people.

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    HOLIDAYS IN JAPAN Pointers

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    Aya
    The document lists several national holidays in Japan including New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day, Mountain Day, Respect for the Aged Day, and Labor Thanksgiving Day. It also notes some seasonal celebrations like Setsubun and Obon. Golden Week refers to a string of holidays in late April and early May. The document concludes by explaining how to express nationalities in Japanese by adding the suffix "-jin" like "Nihon-jin" for Japanese people.

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    HOLIDAYS IN JAPAN -collection of 4 national holidays

    New Year (shogatsu) -busiest holiday


    -all duties are supposed to be completed Third Monday of July Ocean Day(umi no hi)
    Coming of Age (seijin no hi) -return of Emperor Meiji
    -2nd Monday of Japan August 11 Mountain Day (yama no hi)
    February 3 Beginning of spring (setsubun) -2016
    -not a nat’l holiday but celebrated at shrines July/Aug 13-15 Obon
    and temples
    -to commemorate deceased ancestors
    -seasonal division
    -annual buddhist event
    -Oni wa soto! Fuku
    3rd Monday of Sept Respect for the Aged Day
    February 11 National Foundation Day (Keiro no hi)
    (kenkoku kinenbi)
    -
    -
    Nov. 15 Seven-Five-Three (shichigosan)
    February 12 Valentines
    -girls of 3 and 7, boys of 3 and 5
    -women give chocolates to men
    Nov 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day
    -
    -
    February 23 Emperor’s bday (tenno no tanjobi)
    Dec 24-25
    -
    -not a national holiday
    March3 Doll’s Festival (hina matsuri)
    December 31 New Year’s Eve (omisoka)
    -
    -
    White Day
    -Opposite of Valentine’s day
    -men gives chocs to women
    NATIONALITIES IN JAPANESE
    April 29 Showa Day (Showa no hi)
    -Add jin to express people of a country
    -birthday of former emperor
    Ex. Nihon-jin
    May 3
    I am a Filipino
    -
    Watashi wa Firipin desu
    May 4 Greenery Day (midori no hi)
    -remembering new constitution
    May 5 Children’s day
    -Boy’s festival
    Golden Week
    POINTERS
    Identification- 30 items

     Greetings
     Politeness/formalities
     Kanji- meaning
     Hiragana meaning
     Additional hiragana
     Months in Japan
    Ex. October-jugatsu
     21st day in calendar
     Noun/pronouns
     Verb
     Holidays
     Nationalities
     titles

    True or false – 20
     Culture of Japan
     Maru
     Hiragana vowels
     Time
     Ashta kyo today
     First personal pronoun
     Holiday
     Nationalities

    Translation - 10
     Self intro
     BONUS: Translate 10 basic numbers
     Time
     days of the week
     Calendar day
     I am a filipino

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