is the modern name for an ancient harvest festival known as Niiname-sai (新嘗祭, also read as Shinjō-sai), celebrating the harvest of the Five Cereals. The...

colonized peoples. One of the first recorded rituals we know of is Niiname-sai (新嘗祭), the ceremony in which the Emperor offers newly harvested rice to the kami...

thanks. It has roots in the ancient Shinto harvest ceremony (Niiname-sai (新嘗祭)). Holidays portal Cyber Monday List of films set around Thanksgiving List...

(大嘗祭) is a rice-offering by a newly enthroned Emperor, while Shinjōsai (新嘗祭) is a rice-offering by the Emperor. In 1738, the Emperor performed Esoteric...

giving one other thanks. Prior to the establishment of this holiday, November 23 was celebrated as an imperial harvest festival called Niiname-sai (新嘗祭)....

The Niiname-sai (新嘗祭, also read Shinjō-sai and Niiname-no-Matsuri) is a Japanese harvest ritual. The ritual is celebrated by the Emperor of Japan, who...

priest in terms of religion. This sacred duty dates back to the Niiname-sai (新嘗祭, "tasting of new rice") imperial harvest festival. In this ritual, the emperor...

a kind of thanksgiving harvest festival, in the same way as Niiname-sai (新嘗祭) is conducted annually on November 23, a public holiday of Labor Thanksgiving...

lit to pray for rain. The typical fall festival practices are niiname-sai (新嘗祭) and aki-matsuri (秋祭り). In niiname-sai, new grains are offered to the kami...

November 3: Meijisai (明治祭) (Emperor Meiji's birthday) November 23: Niinamesai (新嘗祭) (Festival of First Fruits) December 25: Taishō-tennō Tama-no-Misasagi Yōohai-shiki...