Japanese Festivals with Lucky Numbers

Today, the Festival of Dolls is celebrated in Japan. Families with girls proudly display a set of miniature dolls, presenting a royal couple with court ladies and musicians in ancient costumes of the Heian period.

3⃣ 5⃣ 7⃣ When looking more closely at traditional festival dates in Japan, you will quickly notice that prime odd numbers (3, 5, 7..) are highly regarded as good luck numbers. Repdigits, especially those consisting of repeated prime numbers like 33, 55, 77… are even better.

Traditional events with lucky numbers in Japan include:
🎍1-1 (1st of January): The New Year, the biggest festivity in the country's calendar, marking the #rebirth of the year

🎎3-3 (3rd of March): Hinamatsuri (the Doll Festival) traditionally celebrated for #girls

🎏5-5- (5th of May): Tango no Sekku (Boys’ Day) traditionally celebrated for #boys

✨7-7 (7th of July): Tanabata (the Star festival), a romantic festival for #lovers

Birth - girls - boys - girl meets boy … pretty logical, isn’t it?

When the said doll set is displayed unnecessarily long after 3rd of March, it is said that the girl of the house will miss a chance of marriage. A girl may fail to meet the right boy.

That sounds bit old-fashioned. Yeah, very true.

It occurred to me that another 1-digit prime number 2 is still left for free use although it is not an odd number.

🌈 What about celebrating 2-2 (2nd of February) as a rainbow day for all genders?

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