1. Japanese festivals
By E.W

2. Shogatsu ( New Year )
Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year is on January
the 1st.
They eat rice cakes and beans for working hard
and shrimps so people live longer.
Japanese people get boxes filled with luck and
New Year food.
Kids get pouches call Otoshidama filled with
money and all say” Akemashite Omedetou
which means happy new year in Japanese.

3. Hinamatsuri ( Girls day )
Hinamatsuri or Girls day is one of the festivals my
family celebrate.
It is on March the 3rd and only lasts one day.
Platforms covered in red carpet are used to display
ornamental dolls representing the Emperor the
Empress, attendants and musicians .
Some Japanese people believed that the dolls
possessed the power to contain bad spirits.

4. Kodomo no hi (kids day)
• This festival was celebrated on the 5th of
5th month.
• It is celebrated in the honour of the
birth of children.
• It is mostly known as Boys Day or the
Feast of Banners.
• Samurai Armour and swords are
displayed, koinobori or fish banners are
hung outside and again they eat rice
cake.

5. Tana bata matsuri (Festival to
plead for skills)
• This festival was important to the Empress
Koken and it originated from the Festival
to Plead for Skills.
• Tanabata is a Japanese star festival and it
celebrates the meeting of Oriheme and
Hikoboshi .
• According to legend the milky way keeps
these two lovers apart and are only
allowed to meet once a year during the
festival.
• Japanese people write wishes on pieces
of paper and hang them on a tree.

6. Questions and Answers
• Q. Why does my family celebrate these festivals?
• A. Because my mum came from Japan and she
wants my brothers and I to know Japans culture
• Q. What do we do on these days?
• A. On Shogatsu we say the Japanese New Year
Greeting, on Hinamatsuri we eat pink rice cake
and display dolls, on Kodomo no hi we put up fish
banners we eat rice cake, on Tana bata matsuri
we get a bamboo stick and write a wish on a
piece of paper then we put it on the stick.

7. ありがとう
Thank you for watching my slide! E.W.