/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>40432264
tldr: on the 15th of the 7th month, the gates of hell open and there is a unique opportunity to ameliorate the suffering of your ancestors by going back home and making offerings of paper, food, drink, and the like, this began in china as a scam by some dude to get rid of loq quality paper and spread across asia, its similar to dia de muertos, all hallows eve (the original version, not the burger one), and a whole load of other things
thank you for asking, it was interesting reading, heres stuff in english
https://www.nippon.com/en/features/jg00098/
its also known as the hungry ghost festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3jal-EkkhY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7SoUIKWkqc
looks fun