Tsukimi

[sparnai]

Anybody knows when Tsukimi will be held this year? And what they do during Tsukimi?
Thanks.

[mdchachi]

Check the calendar for the full moon. As for what they do... they go to McDonalds and have a Tsukimi MacBurger.

[sparnai]

dont believe you. is that all? what about moon calendar, etcetera?

[mdchachi]

Actually I have no idea. All I know is that when it's tsukimi time, McDonalds rolls out their Tsukimi McBurger (has a round egg on it that resembles a full moon). In my six years in Tokyo, I've never seen anybody observing tsukimi in any other way.

[miyuki]

We call the moon on August 15 of old lunar calender (September 11 this year) "Tyusyu no meigetsu."
We put small dango and panpas grasses in a vase on a porch or by a window,and enjoy watching the moon.
This year it will be a full moon.
2006,7,8 is not.It depends on a calender.

The "Reizei" in Kyoro (one of a desandant of noble families since Henan period) is known to hold a traditional celemony of otsukimi every year.