September Japanese holidays!!!!

Respect-for-the-Aged Day
敬老の日
Keirō no hi

Third Monday of September (2009.09.21)

This is the day Japanese give thanks to old people for their long-year contribution to this country.

This national holiday was established in 1966 as a day to respect the elderly and celebrate long life. Originally held on September 15, it originated as a renaming of Old Folks' Day (老人の日, Rōjin no hi). In 2003, it was changed to the third Monday of September in accordance with the Happy Monday System.

Beginning in 2000, Japan implemented the Happy Monday System (ハッピーマンデー制度) which moved a number of national holidays to Monday in order to obtain a "long weekend".

Autumnal equinox
秋分の日
Shūbun no hi

Around September 23[2]

This is identical to the vernal equinox day in March. People make mothering, and eat the rice cakes, called o-hagi.

This national holiday was established in 1948 as a day on which to honor one's ancestors and remember the dead. Prior to 1948, the autumnal equinox was an imperial ancestor worship festival called Shūki kōrei-sai (秋季皇霊祭).