In Japan, we’ve carried on a custom to practice our events according to the lunar calendar, in which, each month has special names peculiar to Japan for its characteristic seasons or events.  Those names, called “Japanese-style months” are still being used in recent days such as on a calendar.

Those Japanese-style month names are said to have originated in various histories, but we would like to introduce the most well-known names each month.

January is called “Mutsuki.”

It means a month when to get along or to be intimate with someone you know well over the New Year holiday. 

“New Year’s Day is the day to make one’s plans for the year.”

As said in a proverb above, a New Year holiday is very special to Japanese people.  So please enjoy the very beginning of a New