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暦 Calendar 2027

January 2027

睦月 · Mutsuki — the month of harmony

The old name is often read as “the month of togetherness”, when families gather for the New Year.

1Fri Celebration · until 3 Jan Oshōgatsu & Hatsumōde 正月 · 初詣 Japan's most important holiday. Families gather, eat osechi and make the year's first visit to a shrine or temple to pray for a good year. Japan 7Thu Celebration Nanakusa no Sekku 七草の節句 On the seventh day, a rice porridge with seven spring herbs rests the stomach after the New Year feasts and wishes good health for the year. Japan 11Mon Celebration Coming of Age Day & Kagami Biraki 成人の日 · 鏡開き Young adults celebrate in kimono and formal dress, while at home the round New Year rice cakes are broken and shared. Japan 13Wed Celebration · until 23 Jan · approx. Galungan & Kuningan Bali's ten days when ancestral spirits are said to return. Tall bamboo poles called penjor curve over every street. Indonesia (Bali)
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