●October
1 / Change of Uniforms
Public schools and businesses will change their uniforms to winter
ones on this day.
Second Monday of October / Health and Sports Day
(A National Holiday)
This national holiday was established to commemorate the anniversary
of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. People enjoy sport and cultivate a
healthy mind and body.
Mid October / Yamaguchi City Culture Festival
In fall, this festival will be held as a special annual event
at Yamaguchi Civic Center. A number of groups of city culture
association will perform Japanese dances and read Japanese poems
etc. It is open to the public.
Mid October / Iwato Kagura (sacred Shinto dances with music)
It is made up of 16 different kinds of dances with music which
are based on Shinto mythology of individual deities.
●November
3 / Culture Day (A National Holiday)
This national holiday was established to celebrate and promote
awareness and appreciation of culture in Japan.
Early November / Artful Yamaguchi
This event will be held in the areas of the Odono district where
the atmosphere of the old days of Ouchi era is still remained.
The entire district will turn into a small art museum.
15 / Seven-Five-Three Day
Boys who are three and five years old and girls who are three
and seven years old will be taken to a shrine to pray for their
future growth.
Mid November /Autumn Leaves
Leaves of trees at Park Road and Kido Park will turn into yellows
and reds.
23 / Labor Thanksgiving Day (A National Holiday)
This national holiday was established to praise labor, celebrate
production and give one another.
23 / Yamaguchi Tenjin Festival
As the Autumn festival for Furukuma Shrine, Hanamiko (flower maidens)
and Yakko will parade in the streets. This festival is one of
Yamaguchi City's Three Big Festivals (along with the Yamaguchi
Gion Festival and the Yamaguchi Lanterns Festival).
●December
23 / The Emperor's Birthday (A National Holiday)
28 / Aio Road Station Festival
A number of products produced in Aio district will be sold at
Aio Road Station.
31 / Bell Ringing
Praying to remove 108 worldly desires a person possesses, people
will ring a bell 108 times from midnight at a temple.
New Year's Eve Soba
People eat buckwheat noodles to pray for a long life.
