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Cultural Holidays Local Festivals Public Holidays School Year Sports Year Work Year Local Festivals     1.  Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo, Hokkaidō) 2.  Aomori Nebuta (Aomori City, Aomori) 3.  Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo) 4.  Takayama Festival (Takayama City, Gifu) 5.  Naked (Hadaka) Festival (Inazawa City, Aichi) 6.  Wakakusayama Mountain Burning (Nara City, Nara) 7.  Gion Festival (Kyoto City, Kyoto) 8.  Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima City, Tokushima) 9.  Yosakoi Festival (Kōchi City, Kōchi) 10.  Nagasaki Kunchi (Nagasaki City, Nagasaki) 11.  Eisā Festival (Okinawa City, Okinawa) 12.  Niihama Taiko Festival

Cross Currents Through the Year What holidays and seasonal activities do Japanese and Americans share? Cross Currents in Work How has work in Japan influenced work in the U.S.? How has work in Japan influenced work in the U.S.? Cross Currents in Food and Agriculture How have American and Japanese food and agriculture influenced each other? Cross Currents in Education How has education in Japan influenced education in the U.S.? How has education in the U.S. influenced education in Japan? Cross Currents in Family and Home Life How have families in Japan and the U.S. influenced each other? Cross Currents in Civil Society How have citizens in Japan and the U.S. influenced each other?

The US Through the Year What happens at special times of the year in the US, at school, at work, and in the community? Work and Workplaces in the U.S. How has work in the US changed over the last 50 years? Food and Agriculture in the U.S. What do Americans eat? How is food grown and processed in the U.S.? Education in the U.S. What is it like to go to school in the U.S.? Families and Home Life in the U.S. How do families live in the United States? Citizens in Action in the United States How do Americans participate in their society?