{"id":16582,"date":"2011-02-03T10:20:30","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=16582"},"modified":"2011-02-03T11:01:20","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T15:01:20","slug":"visit-japan-february-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/03\/visit-japan-february-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Japan: February in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/em>The Japan National Tourism Organization<\/a> (JNTO<\/a>)<\/strong> provides rather helpful travel information for JETs and non-JETs alike, whether you’re traveling to or around Japan or helping a friend or relative plan their trip.\u00a0 If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look at their website at www.japantravelinfo.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Below is a recent item from the Visit Japan<\/strong> Facebook page<\/a>:
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Kisaragi<\/strong>, the old Japanese name for the month of February, is a contracted form of kinu sara gi<\/em>, which means “wear still more clothes.”<\/p>\n

Setsubun<\/strong> – celebrated on February 3 or 4 – is a favorite annual celebration among Japanese children. On this night, children fill a wooden cup with roasted soybeans and run around throwing them at an oni, or devil, (usually played by the dad) and shouting “Oni wa soto; fuku wa uchi<\/em>!” This translates as “Out with the devil; in with good fortune!”<\/p>\n

The only national holiday in Kisaragi, though, is National Foundation Day<\/strong> on February 11. This is the date calculated to be the day on which Jimmu – the first emperor of Japan – was enthroned, according to the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) provides rather helpful travel information for JETs and non-JETs alike, whether you’re traveling to or around Japan or helping a friend or relative plan their trip.\u00a0 If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look at their website at www.japantravelinfo.com. Below is a recent item from the Visit Japan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[368,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-traveltourism","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t