ʻO ka lā Hōkūʻo Iapana he lā nui ia e hoʻolauleʻaʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma'ō aku o Iapana i ka lā 5 o Mei. I ka'ōlelo Kepanī, uaʻikeʻia kēia mākaʻikaʻiʻo "kodomo no hi". ʻO Kodomo ke keiki,ʻaʻohe kumu no ka, aʻo ka hi ka lā. ʻO ka hoʻomaha maoli,ʻo ia ka "lā no nā keiki". ʻO ke kumu o kēia mākaʻikaʻiʻo ia ka hoʻokipa a makemake i ka hauʻoli a me ka noho maikaʻi o nā keiki a pau.
A hiki i ka makahiki 1948, ua kapaʻia ka lā o nā keiki Iāpanaʻo "tango no sekku", e kaha ana i ka hoʻololi o ka wā a me ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kauwela a me ka wā ua nui, i kapaʻiaʻo "tsuyu" ma Iapana. Laweʻiaʻo Tango no sekku i ka lāʻo nā keikikāne a iʻole kaʻahaʻaina Banners. Ua hoʻololiʻia ka hoʻomaha i nā lā keiki no ka hoʻokipa i ka maikaʻi a me ke olakino maikaʻi o nā keikikāne a me nā kaikamāhine.
E like me ka hihia i nā lā he nui a Kepani, Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepineʻia ka lā o nā keiki me nā loina manawa hanohano, a me nā meaʻai. I ka wā o kēia lā hoʻomaha, he nui nā meaʻai kahiko i meaʻai e mahaloʻia e nā poʻe keiki. Ma laloʻoe eʻike i kaʻike e pili ana i nā moʻomeheu a me nā meaʻai o nā keiki.
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Nūhouʻo Ningyo a me Kabuto (May Doll a me ke kākoʻo Warrior)
© Hideki Ueha Hōʻike nāʻohana Japanese i nā pāpale koa koa i kapaʻiaʻo "kabuto" ma ka'ōlelo Kepanī, a me nā pīpī samurai i kapaʻiaʻo "gogatsu ningyo" a iʻole May maylls. ʻO ka hae o ka mahinaʻelima ma ka lālani mahina aiʻole ka mahina o Mei, aʻo ka'ōlelo hōʻoleʻo ia ke kumupena.
ʻO ka'īlio pila e hōʻike ana i ka ikaika a me ka koa, i nā keiki, i ka wā iʻikeʻia ai ka lā o nā keiki Iāpanaʻo Keʻenaʻo nā keikikāne.
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Koi Nobori (Carp Streamers)
Keith Tsuji / Getty News Images I nā lā e alakaʻiʻia ana i ka lā 5 o Mei, a iʻole lā o nā keiki,ʻo nāʻohana me nā keikikāne i loko o ko lākouʻohana e hānai i nā hae hae e hoʻohālikeʻia i keʻano o ke kaʻa.
Hoʻokahi kapika e pani i kēlā me kēia keiki i loko o kaʻohana, e hoʻomaka ana me ka hānau mua ma ka piko o ka hae. Ma ka makani, e lele ana kēia mau kaʻa i ka lewa, e hōʻailona ana i ka ikaika o nā keikikāne.
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Chimaki - Nā Dumplings Japanese© Judy Ung ʻO Chimaki kahi'ōpiopio i kahi laulāʻo Iapana i'ōwiliʻia i loko o kaʻohe, ka maia, a me ka lauʻohe a me ka mahu. ʻO ia mai ka laiki Haina i kapaʻiaʻo "zongzi".
I loko o kaʻaina Japanese,ʻelua mauʻano likeʻole o ka chimaki. ʻO kaʻano mua he meaʻono a piha i nā hui likeʻole o nā meaʻai a me nā meaʻai. ʻO ka lua o kaʻona maikaʻi. Hiki ke hanaʻia nā mele me nā meaʻokoʻa likeʻole; no ka laʻana, he raikiʻulaʻula, he gelatinʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula iʻikeʻiaʻo "yokan", aiʻole ka māmala lepo.
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ʻO Kushi Dango (Sweet Mochi on Skewers)
© Judy Ung ʻO kahi kīʻaha nui loa i nā keiki a me nā mea pāʻani kahi liʻiliʻi i nā'āpana laiki liʻiliʻi ma nā pulu'āpana, i kapaʻiaʻo kushi dango.
No nā lā keiki, nā kumukūʻau, nā supermarkets a me nā mea kūʻai wagashi e kūʻai aku i nā dango hanhi-kala. Hoʻohuiʻia ka lauʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo me ka huiʻana o joshinko (ka palaoa laiki a Iapana) a me ka shiratamako. ʻO nāʻano o kēia mau mele momona me kaʻoluʻolu, ua maʻalahi, a pulu iki i ka pāʻana, a heʻano'ōlohelohe ia.
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Kashiwa Mochi
© Judy Ung ʻO Kashiwa mochi kahi kīlaʻi laiki i hoʻopihaʻia me ka momiʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula a nakinakiʻia i loko o kahi lāʻau'ola nui (bonewa). Ma kekahi mau'āpana o Iapana, ua hoʻopihaʻia ka pākiiki kīʻaha i kahi paʻi mīni keʻokeʻo momona i kapaʻiaʻo "miso-a". I ka wā o ke kauwela, hiki i ka lā 5 o Mei, nui nā kumukūʻai o Kepani i kūʻai aku i ka hapalua i hanaʻia e ka hapalua.
ʻOiai e hiki ke hana i kēia wagashi (kāpani Japanese) i ka home, he mea paʻakikī ke hele mai ma nā lau'ohia i hanaʻia iʻole iʻole e hana i kēia ma ka home. ʻO kekahi o ka mochi e kūʻaiʻia ana ma nā kāpena nui e hoʻohana i nā lālā'oko maikaʻi a uaʻawaʻawa aʻaʻole hiki keʻai. Laweʻia kēia mau lau ma mua o kaʻoliʻoliʻana i ka pākī laiki.
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ʻO Wagashi a me Mochi (nāʻae a me ke kīʻo Rice)
© Judy Ung I ka manawa e hoʻokokoke mai ai nā lā keiki Japanese, nā hale kūʻai maikaʻi, nā hale kūʻai, a me nā supermarkets ma Iapana a me ke Komohana e kūʻai aku i nāʻanoʻahaʻaina likeʻole e hōʻailona ai i kēia lā hoʻomaha.
Nui nā mele kahiko e pili ana i ka laiki maikaʻi a me ka palaoa, nā pīniʻulaʻula a me nā pīni keʻokeʻo, nā kumulāʻau sameamea, ka moma a me ka kolo a me ka mugwort.
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Kabuto Namagashi
ʻO Namagashi kahiʻano "wagashi" Japanese,ʻo ia hoʻi ka meaʻono i mahaloʻia i ka wā o ka tea o Kepa. Namagashi i hana pinepineʻia i ka laiki a me ka "mochi" (kīiki kīiki) a ua hoʻopihaʻia me nā meaʻai e like me kaʻalaniʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula, nā gelatini i hanaʻia i kaʻulaʻula a me ke keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, aiʻole nā hua waina i huaʻia.
Hoʻokumu pinepineʻiaʻo Namagashi me kaʻole o nā mālama, a he palupalu a maʻalahi konaʻano. Hōʻikeʻia konaʻano kiko'ī he nui aʻe kona māmā ma mua o nāʻano o ka wagashi. No ka hoʻomanaʻoʻana i ka lā o nā keiki keiki Iāpana (ma mua o ka lā Boy), hanaʻia ka kaputo namagashi i keʻano o kahi helmet helmet. "Kabuto" ma ka'ōlelo Kepani.