[おたうえまつり, otauematsuri](n) (1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine[Add to Longdo]
[ふいごまつり, fuigomatsuri](n) Bellows Festival (festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray)[Add to Longdo]
[ひまつり, himatsuri](n) (1) fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); (2) New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; (3) festival involving fire dedicated to the gods[Add to Longdo]
[こうたんさい, koutansai](n) (1) Christmas (authentic term now used within Japanese Christian denominations); (2) celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man[Add to Longdo]