Winter Festival - Fuyumatsuri

Japanese: 冬祭 - ふゆまつり

This refers to Shinto festivals held mainly in November, December, and January from the beginning of winter to the beginning of spring, from early November to early February. Festivals are events that should originally lead the seasons, so they precede the actual sense of the seasons. In the Shiji Festivals of the Jingikansho Festivals under the ancient Ritsuryo system, the three festivals in midwinter, or lunar November, were Ainame Matsuri, Tamashizume (Chinkonsai), and Niiname Sai, and the three festivals in seasonal winter, or lunar December, were Tsukinami, Hoshizume (Chinkonsai), and Michiae.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

立冬から立春までの11月初旬から2月初旬までおもに11,12,1月に行われる神事祭礼をいう。祭りは本来季節を先導すべき行事であるから，実際の季節感覚に先行する。古代律令制下の神祇官所祭の四時祭では仲冬つまり旧11月の相嘗祭（あいなめまつり）と鎮魂（たましずめ）(鎮魂祭（ちんこんさい）)と新嘗祭（にいなめさい）の三祭，季冬つまり旧12月の月次（つきなみ），鎮火（ほしずめ）(鎮火祭（ちんかさい）)，道饗（みちあえ）の三祭が冬祭にあたる。

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