Important indigenous Japanese festivals (matsuri) are held in the spring (haru) and autumn (aki), the most crucial times of the agricultural cycle. In the spring, the blessings of kami are invoked to insure a plentiful crop. In the autumn, festivals of thanksgiving take place as the kami return to their mountain abodes for the winter.
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