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  2. Obon - Wikipedia

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    Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.

  3. Wheel of the Year - Wikipedia

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    The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by a range of modern pagans, marking the year 's chief solar events ( solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them. Modern pagan observances are based to varying degrees on folk traditions, regardless of the historical practices of world civilizations. [ 1]

  4. Yule - Wikipedia

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    The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural. [1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola ...

  5. Greeting Card stores in Japan - Japan Forum - Tripadvisor

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    3,920 posts. 3 reviews. 11 helpful votes. 1. Re: Greeting Card stores in Japan. 13 years ago. Bookstores like Maruzen and Kinokuniya have them, as do stationary stores like Jimukichi. jusco, Saty, Apita, Donquihote...the all in one shopping stop stores, in their stationary section, will some, but they won't be as nice as Maruzen or Kinokuniya.

  6. Japan around new years- what’s closed & recommendations ...

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    Re: Japan around new years- what’s closed & recommendations. 1 year ago. Again, not all stores were closed on 1/1 pre-Covid in Tokyo and Osaka. I had personal experience finding plenty of shops open. Most major shops/stores will definitely open by 1/2. Beyond Tokyo and Osaka though, expect most city shops to be closed.

  7. Bon Voyage - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

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    Austin, TX2,029 contributions. Interesting large store filled with a wide variety of Disney gift items. Dec 2019. Enormous Disney store for purchasing Disney items of all sorts to take home and give as gifts or keep for oneself. This store is outside the gates of Tokyo Disneyland and very close to the Maihama train station.

  8. Wait, What Does 'Yuletide' Actually Mean? - AOL

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    Yuletide is a tradition rich in history, connecting ancient Norse and Germanic pagan customs with the lively festivities of today's Christmas season. As we enter the Yuletide season this year, we ...

  9. Yule log - Wikipedia

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    The Yule log, Yule clog, or Christmas block is a specially selected log burnt on a hearth as a winter tradition in regions of Europe, and subsequently North America. The origin of the folk custom is unclear. Like other traditions associated with Yule (such as the Yule boar ), the custom may ultimately derive from Proto-Indo-European religion as ...

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