O-Higan (or Higan)/お彼岸（彼岸）

Today, March 21, is Vernal Equinox Day, and it's a national holiday in Japan. The Japanese are now enjoying the three consecutive holidays (March 20 through 22) this year. Vernal Equinox Day is also in the middle of O-Higan (or simply Higan). In O-Higan, it is customary to have botamochi.
今日、３月２１日は春分の日で、日本では国民の祝日です。今年、日本人は今、三連休（３月２０～２２日まで）を楽しんでいます。春分の日はまた、お彼岸（または単に彼岸)の真ん中（中日（ちゅうにち）です。お彼岸には、ぼたもちを食べる風習があります。


Regular azduki botamochi and kinako botamochi.
通常の小豆の牡丹餅（ぼたもち）と黄粉（きなこ）のぼたもち。
They were not made by me or my wife; they were given to us by my wife's brother and his wife, as they usually do on this particular day every year.
私や私の妻が作ったものではなく、妻の兄とその奥さんからもらったものです。毎年この日にくれます。