Japan in September
Solar terms this month: White Dew, Autumn Equinox.
Events and customs
- Food & DrinkEssential kome米rice as the center of the meal
- Modern JapanEssential taifu台風the typhoons that reach Japan each year
- ShintoEssential mikoshi神輿the portable shrine carried through the streets at a festival
- Martial ArtsStandard honbasho大相撲の本場所the six official grand sumo tournaments held each year
- Annual EventsStandard otsukimiお月見moon viewing in autumn
- Annual EventsStandard Respect for the Aged Day敬老の日the September holiday honoring older people
- Annual EventsStandard higan彼岸the weeks around the equinoxes when families visit graves
- Food & DrinkStandard sansai and mushrooms山菜ときのこwild vegetables and mushrooms from the mountains
- Seasons & NatureStandard kiku菊chrysanthemum
- Seasons & NatureStandard akisame zensen秋雨前線the autumn rain front that brings weeks of gray, wet weather
- Seasons & NatureStandard senjo kosuitai線状降水帯the linear rainband that causes Japan's worst flash flooding
- Seasons & NatureStandard tanada棚田terraced rice paddies cut into mountain slopes
- Seasons & NatureStandard listening to insect songs虫の声を聴くenjoying the sound of autumn insects
- School LifeStandard undokai運動会school sports day
- School LifeStandard bunkasai文化祭the school culture festival
- Annual EventsAdvanced go-sekku五節句the five seasonal festivals of the old calendar
- Annual EventsAdvanced choyo重陽の節句the chrysanthemum festival of the ninth month
- Seasons & NatureAdvanced jugai獣害crop damage by deer, boar and bears