Tsukimi
tsukimi 月見 otsukimi お月見 meaning moonviewing japanese festival honoring autumn moon variant midautumn festival celebration full moon typically take place th day eighth month traditional japanese calendar known jūgoya 十五夜 fifteenth night waxing moon celebrated th day ninth month known jūsanya 十三夜 thirteenth night day normally fall september october modern solar calendar tradition date heian era popular japan people repeat activity several evening following appearance full moon eighth lunisolar month tsukimi tradition include displaying decoration made japanese pampas grass susuki eating rice dumpling called tsukimi dango order celebrate beauty moon seasonal produce also displayed offering moon sweet potato offered full moon bean chestnut offered waxing moon following month alternate name celebration imomeigetsu meaning potato harvest moon mamemeigetsu meaning bean harvest moon kurimeigetsu meaning chestnut harvest moon derived offering tsukimi refers japanese tradition holding party view harvest moon custom thought originated japanese aristocrat heian period influenced chinese custom midautumn festival would gather recite poetry full moon eighth month solar calendar known midautumn moon 中秋の名月 chūshū meigetsu evening full moon traditional gather place moon seen clearly decorate scene japanese pampas grass serve white rice dumpling known tsukimi dango taro edamame chestnut seasonal food plus sake offering moon order pray abundant harvest dish known collectively tsukimi dish 月見料理 tsukimi ryōri due ubiquity sweet potato taro among dish tradition known imomeigetsu 芋名月 potato harvest moon japanese calendar arranged full moon fell th day month however calendar altered new moon fell first day month moving full moon two day later th day month people edo presentday tokyo shifted tsukimi activity th day month others continued observe festival th day furthermore various regional observance part japan th day month well buddhist observance rd th day used pretext often latenight party autumn throughout edo period custom brought swift end meiji period festival dedicated moon long history japan heian period element chinese midautumn festival introduced japan member aristocratic class would hold moonviewing event aboard boat order view moon reflection surface water writing waka poetry also element midautumn moon viewing festivity specific term japanese refer occasion moon visible traditional midautumn evening including mugetsu 無月 nomoon ugetsu 雨月 rainmoon even moon visible however tsukimi party held unicode emoji exists tsukimi 🎑 featuring pampas grass dango moon traditional serve tsukimi dango seasonal produce offering tsukimi described addition several dish associated tsukimi boiled soba udon noodle topped nori raw egg covered broth known tsukimi soba tsukimi udon kitakyushu egg served atop yaki udon known tenmado another name tsukimi local dialect similarly raw quail egg used top sushi like battleship sushi gunkanzushi handroll temaki referred tsukimi style japanese fast food restaurant special fall menu offered september october featuring fried egg sandwich known tsukimi burger list harvest festival chuseok korean autumn harvest festival held day midautumn festival chinese moonobservance festival held day hanami moon viewing festival osaka sumiyoshi taisha otsukimi moonviewing event united state