About festivals being in August, it can be incidental. As I wrote in a comment in another thread recently: It is worth noting that the day after December 2, 18

About festivals being in August, it can be incidental. As I wrote in a comment in another thread recently: It is worth noting that the day after December 2, 1872 was January 1, 1873. That's when Japan switched to the Julian Calendar. August 8 before that was... in September. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37256021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37256021