Talk:Japanese festivals

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Do Japanese celebrate Lunar (Chinese) New Year?


 * They used to, and still use the Chinese animal zodiac, but nowadays I believe they celebrate the Western (Gregorian calendar) new year. - Gwalla 20:47, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

Regarding the proposal to merge this article with Japanese calendar: This article's current stubby condition might look like that it could be merged with Japanese calendar. However, a lot can be written about Japanese festivals such as types of matsuri (mikoshi, parades, ceremonies, etc.) and the religious roots. So it shouldn't be merged. But it wouldn't be a problem to include festival dates in Japanese calendar. Photojpn.org 15:13, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I copied your comment to Talk:Japanese calendar since a discussion on this topic has already begun there. Please continue further discussion on this topic there. Thank you. --Tokek 06:21, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I am removing the notices. All 3 articles involved are part of global series and they need to be separately cateogorised. 16:57, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Formatting and content
At the end of this article after "see also" some information about certain festivals have been added. There are no headings and it is writted more like someone's personal diary than an encyclopedia. This really needs to be fixed to include more proper information and to get rid of things like "I did..." and "I think...."

Also, I never have problems reading Japanese text in articles but for some reason the Japanese text in this one doesn't work properly.

- I deleted all the journal type stuff that somebody wrote. To that person - this is meant to be an online encyclopaedia, not your journal. If you want to write about your experience, get a blog. 211.30.236.170 21:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)angry student

Japanese festivals and Matsuri
Japanese festivals and Matsuri is same article..This article is describing Nationwide festivals and Matsuri is describing local festivals.I suggest this article merged with Matsuri--Forestfarmer 06:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think Matsuri should be merged into this article, with the name Japanese festivals maintained. Matsuri is a Japanese word, most users will not recognise it instantly; however, people interested in Japanese festivals will come here. Erk 17:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Japanese Festivals outside of Japan
Would it be appropriate to add a section for Japanese Festivals outside of Japan? For example, Nisei Week in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California. Blank Verse 08:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Date conflict
In the Tanabata article, it states that the dates for Tanabata are: * 2010-08-16   * 2011-08-06    * 2012-08-24    * 2013-08-13    * 2014-08-02    * 2015-08-20    * 2016-08-09    * 2017-08-28    * 2018-08-17    * 2019-08-07    * 2020-08-25 In this article, it states the dates are July 7.

Which is correct? Svyatoslav (talk) 06:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Read the Tanabata page more closely, because it explains this: "As a result, some festivals are held on July 7, some are held on a few days around August 7, while the others are still held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the traditional Japanese lunisolar calendar, which is usually in August in the Gregorian Calendar." 2.25.134.109 (talk) 01:43, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Chinese references in header
I find the relevance of the references to Chinese festivals and the roles of Chinatowns in festivals in the header to be odd, to say the least. I submit for their omission. Knock-kneed (talk) 11:39, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

WP:Japan Assessment Commentary
The article was rated Start-class, for lack of references and coverage. To complete coverage, there should be sections on organization, significance for community action and solidarity, significance of religious versus secular festivals, and significance or presence within the culture at large. These aspects are treated in very perfunctory descriptions, in a rush to get to listing all the various types of matsuri, which is really of secondary importance, since there is a separate list of festivals, and some festivals have their own articles. The lack of references should be apparent. Boneyard90 (talk) 17:33, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Idea/Suggestion for a new photograph inclusion for this article
There is a beautiful photograph from Japan's terrestrial Nippon TV of Takato Joshi Park – Nagano Prefecture showing an aerial view of cherry trees in blossom that could be added to this article. It appeared on Microsoft MSNews in the Windows 8.1 Start screen In Pictures shown end of March 2015. It could be seen full screen resolution, it cannot be selected and saved however and elsewhere the image is lower resolution and printed all over with Nippon TV. Perhaps the article author may seek it from Nippon TV for this article, in Wikipedia. That is a suggestion/idea for the Talk page. This Talk edit may be deleted once author has read it - if you wish. The link for the photograph is - see by copy/paste into browser or click icon at the end of the address: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=takato-joshi-koen+park+nagano&es_sm=93&biw=1603&bih=899&tbm=isch&imgil=drtzIU0pxIyNPM%253A%253B70F0mYEELTg25M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fnipponnews.photoshelter.com%25252Fimage%25252FI0000D93bh.V9x50&source=iu&pf=m&fir=drtzIU0pxIyNPM%253A%252C70F0mYEELTg25M%252C_&usg=__ox85s_5WbPzL8HESoeDYL4BYo9o%3D&ved=0CD0Qyjc&ei=1uEXVZnZK4KtUb-SgZAC#imgrc=drtzIU0pxIyNPM%253A%3B70F0mYEELTg25M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcdn.c.photoshelter.com%252Fimg-get%252FI0000D93bh.V9x50%252Fs%252F500%252Faflo-ECHA000123.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fnipponnews.photoshelter.com%252Fimage%252FI0000D93bh.V9x50%3B500%3B389 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.100.54.203 (talk) 11:32, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 11 April 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Material  Works  21:34, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Japanese festivals → Matsuri – Matsuri is a concept broader than festivals, and this is about religious festivals not secular ones, see for example the work of Hirata Atsutane. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 15:36, 11 April 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Material  Works   (contribs)  18:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Relisting comment: Relisting due to minimal participation. Material  Works   (contribs)  18:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Japan has been notified of this discussion. Material  Works   (contribs)  18:27, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Festivals has been notified of this discussion. Material  Works   (contribs)  18:28, 18 April 2023 (UTC)


 * This article is not in a good state, but it is not the case that all matsuri are religious (Sapporo Snow Festival is one good example) and I am not sure what is meant by the claim that "matsuri is a concept broader than festivals". Part of the question is whether "matsuri" is preferred by reliable sources in English, which has not been raised in the request, but I am inclined to oppose this move per WP:UE/WP:EN. A related question might be whether we are inappropriately translating secular festivals to titles with "festival" or inappropriately leaving religious festivals at titles including "matsuri", but this does not need to be standardized when there is established usage for each event, and it is likely that when we are using "Matsuri" in the title we are often treating the entire phrase as a proper name (e.g. Gion Matsuri). Dekimasu よ! 13:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 * To add a bit more, what is the grounds for stating that "matsuri" is not simply the Japanese word for "festival"? Dekimasu よ! 13:21, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose for now since no evidence has been provided that the proposed title is used by English language sources.--65.93.193.94 (talk) 23:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Sinocentric article
This article places too much attribution to a Chinese origin for Japanese festivals, whereas a lot of the attribution needs to be shared with numerous other countries from across the Asia-Pacific. Furthermore, most Japanese would never attribute their festivals to China as well. Watashinowik (talk) 05:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)