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the whole family will have calamus(菖蒲)water bath, removing disaster and curing diseases. The panies usually give the workers about a week’s leave, known as the basin off, many Japanese are returning home and memorizing their ancestors, somewhat similar to Chinese tombsweeping day. It’s the largest traditional Japanese folk festival, also known as Soul Festival, Lantern Festival. And it was originally chasing ancestors, praying deeply for blessing on the day, now is a family reunion, joy of the holiday village together. Now in general after the August 13 on the solar calendar, people meet the soul of ancestors, another farewell is in the form of the Bon dance, also in the summer, dance in the drums too. The men and women dance wearing a bathrobe(浴衣), has now bee a famous tourist activities in Japan .