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  • Camellia Tea Ceremonycamelliakyoto@mastodon.social
    Nov 3, 2026, 2:05 AM

    🖌️CULTURE DAY🎎

    November 3rd, 'Bunka-no-hi' (文化の日), is a national holiday in Japan. It's a day for promoting culture, the arts, and academic pursuits.

    'Culture Day' was created in 1948 to commemorate the announcement of the post-war Japanese constitution.
    #文化の日 #Japan

    Nao-san enjoys the garden at Ryoan-ji.
    Boys dressed in traditional lacquered armor.
    Orange and black kimono for the Halloween season.
    A bonsai murasaki shikibu (purple berried beautyberry bush).
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  • Camellia Tea Ceremonycamelliakyoto@mastodon.social
    Nov 3, 2026, 5:30 AM

    November 3rd was first celebrated as a national holiday in 1868. Tenchō-setsu (天長節) marked the birthday of Emperor Meiji (明治天皇) until his death in 1912.

    In 1927 the holiday was revived as Meiji-setsu (明治節), but discontinued with the creation of Culture Day in 1948.

    Sword practice (on rolled up old strips of tatami).
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