Traditional Annual Events

	Evening of the first day of spring		The Doll's Festival
	The equinoctial week		The Star Festival
	New Year's Eve		Koshogatsu
	Requiem services for broken needles		The anniversary of the birth of Buddha
	Cherry blossom viewing		The eighty-eighth day after the beginning of spring
	The doyo period		The Bon Festival
	The Chrysanthemum Festival (The Choyo Festival)		The night of the full moon
	Festival for children of three, five, and seven years of age