More festive than the feast itself is the day before.
More Japanese Proverbs:
Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs.Japanese
Any ground is good enough to be buried in.
Japanese
The pensioner gets the wages of the death.
Japanese
Many flowers, few fruits.
Japanese
Steal goods and you'll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Japanese
Silent worms dig holes in the walls.
Japanese