[Top 5] Japanese events in February / What Japanese do in February

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Setsubun

February 2nd (3rd until 2020) is the day of ‘Setsubun’. The main event of ‘Setsubun’ is ‘Mame-Maki’ (Throwing beans). It’s said that with beans, we can defeat ‘Oni’ (demon) as symbol of invisible bad things .

Other than ‘Mame Maki’ event, there’s a tradition in ‘Setsubun’. People eat ‘Eho Maki’ as rolled sushi, toward to good direction to invite happiness. Direction is changing every year.

Valentine day

‘Valentine day’ is very popular in Japan. However, it might be different from other countries. In Japan, this is the day mainly for women to give chocolate mainly to men, with love or thanks.

In beginning of February, the market of chocolate is booming. A lot of chocolate are on the shelf in department stores, convenience stores, etc. It’s not religious day, in Japan.

Jyuken

The year of Japanese schools and universities are started from April. So generally, entrance examination is starting from January. And February is the peak of examination in Japan.

In beginning of February, a lot of students have examinations to enter their desired schools. The business around ‘Jyuken’ is booming. For example, cheering messages is printed on the package of chocolate, etc.

Ski & Snowboarding

February is the peak season of snowfall in Japan. Especially, in mountain side, there are more than 2 meters of snowfall. So there are many of resorts opening for skiing and snowboarding.

Recently, due to global warming, the area having heavy snowfall is getting smaller than the past. So some of ski resorts are closed unfortunately.

Sapporo Yuki Matsuri (Snow festival)

In beginning of February, there is very famous festival in Sapporo city, ‘Sapporo Yuki Matsuri’ in Japan. Sapporo is located in northern part of Japan where is severe winter weather.

In this festival, we can see a lot of sculptures made from snow and ices in Sapporo city. This festival was started in 1950. As it has long history, it’s very famous in Japan.

Summary

In the end, I would like to summarize the points of this article as follows

Postscript

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I hope you could find something new about Japanese life in February. If you have a opportunity to come to Japan in this month, please carefully observe Japanese people. I believe you can find the facts in line with the article.

In the end, thank you very much for your reading and see you again !