2001

Jan. 1	Saitan-sai. The first ceremony of the New Year
Feb. 3	Setsubun-sai Mamemaki-Shinji (the day before the official opening of Spring on the old calendar). Bean-throwing Festival
Feb. 21	Kinen-sai. Ceremony praying for a good harvest before the rice is planted. Celebrated at the main shrine in Japan
Feb. 21	Yakuyoke-taisai. Ceremony for men attaining the ages of 25 and 42, and for women attaining the ages 19 and 33)
April 11	Shunki-Taisai. Spring ceremony
May 19	Chinza-Taisai. Tsubaki America's anniversary ceremony
June	UUA General Assembly. Tsubaki America presentation.
June 30	Nagoshi-no-Oharae. Great Purification Ceremony
Oct. 6	Syuki-Taisai ( Fall ceremony )
Nov. 15	Hichi-Go-San-Sai (celebration for boys when they are three years old and five, for girls when they are three years old and when they are seven.)
Dec. 8	Oharai-siki. Great Purification Ceremony and Mochi-tsuki. Rice Cake-making Ceremony)
Other events	Tsubaki Shinbun ( Japanese ) sent out every month Tsubaki America News ( English ) published four times a year *More than 20 ceremonies at Tsubaki America and other places *We welcome visits from, and have visited, university classes and junior and senior high schools. *We have meetings with Japanese religious leaders every month

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