Sep 27, 2015
Mid Autumn Festival 2015 (Japan)
This Doodle’s Key Themes
Today’s Doodle marks the approach of the Mid-Autumn moon, a spectacular sight whose effulgence and good tidings have enraptured its beholders for centuries. On the heels of a bountiful harvest, amid deepening shades of red and orange and the unmistakable smells of fall, celebrations of thanks and togetherness will fill the air across Japan as millions of eyes gaze dreamily upward.
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