Holidays and Events in May and June

きょうは こどものひ です！（Today is Children's day.）
これは なんですか。（What is this?）


こたえ: これは こいのぼり です。(Click "こいのぼり" for the detail)
Answer: This is Koinobori.


from: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/

May
- ゴールデンウィーク　"Golden Week" (April 29-May 5)    
- 八十八夜（はちじゅうはちや）Hachiju-Hachiya (May 2 or 3)
- 憲法記念日（けんぽうきねんび）Constitution Memorial Day (May 3)
- 博多どんたく（はかたどんたく）Dontaku Festival (in Hakata) (May 3-4)
- みどりの日（みどりのひ）Greenery Day (May 4)
- 子どもの日（こどものひ）Children's Day (May 5)
- 母の日（ははのひ）Mother's Day (Second Sunday)
- 葵祭（あおいまつり）Aoi Festival (in Kyoto) (May 15)
- 三社祭（さんじゃまつり）Sanja Festival (in Tokyo) (Third Weekend)

June
- Ayu Season (June 1)
- 父の日（ちちのひ）Father's Day (Third Sunday)
- 梅雨（つゆ）Rainy Season (Early June to mid-July)
- 山王祭（さんのうまつり）Sanno Festival (in Tokyo) (June 13-15)