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Tango no Sekku - Boy's Day

May5 - Tango no Sekku, now Children's Day While March 3 celebrates the birth, growth, and happiness of girls, May 5 celebrates the birth and healthy, energetic growth of boys. Motifs: carp streamer, Kin-chan little boy doll [from a folktale about a strong boy who wrestled a bear!], iris [bath with iris stalks]. Traditional sweets eaten on this day: kashiwa mochi - pounded rice dumplings filled with sweet bean paste, wrapped in leaf; chimaki - pounded mochi conical-shaped 端午の節句 こどもの日 柏餅 ちまき