Japanese Language Cultural Program

Wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali! ✨

May this festival of lights fill your life with joy, success, and endless positivity.

Let’s celebrate new beginnings with warmth and togetherness. 🌟

みなさん、ハッピー・ディワリ！🪔

光の祭りが、あなたの人生に喜びと成功、そして前向きなエネルギーをもたらしますように。✨

新しい始まりを、温かい気持ちと共に祝いましょう。🌟

🌸 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 ❔

📖 In Japan, The 𝗔𝘄𝗮 𝗢𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗶 Festival takes place in front of Tokushima Station from 18:00 to 22:30 every day from August 12 to 15 in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan.

📖 The Word Awa Odori mean, Awa is the old feudal administration name for Tokushima Prefecture, and odori means "dance".

📖 Awa Odori is a traditional summer dance whose origin is said to be traced back to the 16th century, when a sh**un built his castle in Tokushima city, Japan. To celebrate its completion, the sh**un asked everyone to drink and dance. The drunken people started to dance silly in a comical way - this is how Awa Odori began.

📖 There are two Awa Odori styles. For the men’s dance, they wear happi coats with their yukata while female dancers wear amigasa along with their yukata for the women’s dance.

📖 The Awa Odori festival in Japan holds significant cultural value, serving as a platform for cultural preservation, community celebration, tourism promotion, cultural exchange, and spiritual observance.

🌸 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 ❔

📖 In Japan, at kudoyama, the foot of Mount Kōya, lies Jison in Temple, a sacred site known for thousands of offerings shaped like women’s breasts.
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📖 This unusual tradition began when a doctor prayed here for his breast cancer patient, leaving a breast-shaped charm as an offering. The temple embraced it, and a new custom was born.
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📖 Visitors hang fabric, wooden, or ceramic breasts in hopes of safe pregnancies, protection from illness, or blessings for motherhood.