From Friday, September 28 to October 1 (Mon), the 15th night of this year, the opening hours of Hamarikyu Onshi Garden will be extended to 21:00, and the park will be lit around the pond with tides. It is designed to enjoy the mid-autumn moon shining in the pond with tides.
The fantastic performance of the mid-autumn moon and the faint lighting of the Daimyo Garden in the background of the window lights of the surrounding skyscrapers makes you forget the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoy the beauty of the garden unique to the night.
On the first day, there was a little cloud out, and the moon could not be seen shining in the clear night sky, but the moon that can be seen between the clouds also has a taste.
On September 23 (Sun), at Time Dome Akashi, "Let's go to the planetarium on the fourth Sunday!" <September 30 is a mid-autumn moon> lecture.
・The fifteenth night (also known as Imonatsuki) was a moon viewing ritual from China, and during the Heian period, a feast of moon viewing was held among nobles, and in the Edo period, it was said to have become a general event in connection with agricultural practice to appreciate autumn harvest.
・Mid-autumn refers to August 15 in the middle of the autumn of old calendar (July, August and September), and Nakaaki refers to the whole August when divided into three categories: early autumn (July) Nakaaki (August) and late autumn (September).
・In Japan, the moon viewing after one month after fifteen nights is called the thirteenth night (also known as Kurinazuki / Mamenazuki / later month), and 'Katazukimi', which only one of them, has been regarded as a detestable thing.
・The number of offering on the moon viewing is usually 12, 13 in the year with leap months, 15 in the fifteen nights, and 13 in the thirteen nights.
・It is said that the following two points are listed as recommended points for detailed observation of the moon.
①"The Sea of the Moon" (a plain covered with dark basaltic rocks)
②"Light jo" (the eject that splashed at the time of crater formation in a meteorite collision became a radial muscle.)
