*::UNKNOWN PLEASURES::* 2017 FULL MOON IN TOKYO 🌝 What the Moon Means to Japan - Don't Miss Japan's Rabbit on the Full Moon🐰🌕

There will be a full moon in Japan tomorrow, 
September 6, 2017!!!
So we were wanting to just give a brief explanation
of what a full moon really is,
and what it means to Japanese culture🌕✨

🌕What is a Full Moon?🌕

When the Moon is full the entire face of the Moon is lit by the Sun's rays 
and it can be bright enough to light up even the darkest of places. 

Nights like tonight and the day after next, 

the Moon often looks to be full

but only about 98% of the Moon's disc is illuminated.

Which makes it difficult to tell the difference between a Full Moon 

and the last stage of a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔

or the beginning of a Waning Gibbous Moon. 🌖

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🌕Japan's Moon Deity - TSUKUYOMI🌕

No, it isn't Sailor Moon...though she is my deity!

At the center of Japanese mythology are the three heavenly siblings, 

Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susano-o. 

According to Japanese Shintoism, 

Tsukuyomi, who is the Moon god, was born from the right eye of the primeval being Izanagi.

Tsukuyomi initially lived in the Heavens with his sister, the Sun god, Amaterasu.

But once, Amaterasu sent her brother as her representative

 to the goddess of food, Uke Mochi. 

To celebrate, the goddess of food offered him a wonderful meal, created from her mouth and nose. Tsukuyomi was so disgusted that he killed the goddess of food Uke Mochi. 

When Amaterasu learned what her brother Tsukuyomi did, 

she was so angry that she didn't want to see him anymore. 

Since then, brother and sister have lived apart, alternating in the sky. 

That is why the day always follows the night. 

The sun goddess Amaterasu and the god of storms Susano-o are the most prominent. 

The moon god Tsukuyomi on the other hand isn't so much.

However, for the longest time the Japanese have sensed the invisible power of the moon, and have paid careful attention to the rhythms of the lunar cycle. 

The Japanese also followed the lunar calendar until the mid-19th century

which meant that most events and rituals depended on the phases of the moon!

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🌕The Phases of the Moon in Japanese?🌕

Based on the lunar calendar, 

you can still see these markings on Japanese calendars today!

🌑NEW MOON
(新月, Shingetsu)

SECOND-DAY MOON
(二日月, Futsukazuki)

WAXING CRESCENT

 (三日月, Mikazuki)

🌓FIRST QUARTER
(上弦の月・七日月, Jougen no Tsuki/ Nanukazuki)

 THIRTEENTH-DAY MOON
(十三夜月, Jusanyazazukzi)

FOURTEENTH-DAY MOON
(小望月, Komochizuki)

🌕FULL MOON
(満月・十五夜月, Mangestu/Jugoyazuki)

SIXTEENTH-DAY MOON

(十六夜月, Izayoizuki)

SEVENTEENTH-DAY MOON

(立待月, Tachimachizuki)

EIGHTEENTH-DAY MOON

(居待月, Imachizuki )

NINETEENTH-DAY MOON
(or sleeping and waiting moon)

(寝待月, Nemachizuki)

20TH DAY MOON

(更待月, Fukemachizuki)

WANING CRESCENT
(下弦の月・二十三夜月, Kagen-no-tsuki)

29TH & 30TH DAY MOON
(晦日月・三十日月, Misokazuki)


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🐰🌕Forget MAN on the Moon🌕🐰


In some Western cultures, 
when you look up at the moon we say there's a man on the Moon.
Not in Asian though!
In Asia a rabbit is the symbol of the Moon.
So in Japanese art and decorations with a rabbit,
it's common to see a moon somehow incorporated. 
But what is the rabbit doing on the Moon?
Well, in China, the rabbit is making medicine!🐰💊
In Japan, the rabbit is pounding mochi (rice cakes)!
For that reason you can see buy cakes 
with a rabbit motif for the autumn moon-viewing season
 at traditional shops all throughout Japan.


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As of now, the Moon is still Waxing Gibbous....
99% FULL!!!!!!

🌝🐰 DON'T MISS THE FULL MOON 🐰🌝

TOKYO - Sept. 6th at 4:02PM

Image source from Time and Date

🌒🐰 2017 Tokyo Moon Phases Calendar (English) 🐰🌓



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