Festivals Fun things in Japan：Tenjin Festival
Japanese name：天神祭Event period：JulyVenue：OsakaOne of Japan's three major festivals, coloring the water city of Osaka【hist...
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Festivals Festivals Fun things in Japan：Gion Festival
Japanese name：祇園祭Event period：JulyVenue：KyotoA month of elegance and prayer inherited by the thousand-year-old capital【h...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival
Japanese name：高岡御車山祭（たかおかみくるまやままつり）Event period：MayVenue：ToyamaA magnificent and dazzling float parade through the town,...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Namahage
Japanese name：なまはげEvent period：AugustVenue：AkitaA folk event of admonition and prayer embodied in the form of demons【his...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Yamagata Hanagasa Festival
Japanese name：山形花笠まつりEvent period：AugustVenue：YamagataDancing hanagasa and resounding cheers—the pride of summer in Yama...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Nebuta Festival
Japanese name：青森ねぶた祭vent period：AugustVenue：AomoriA festival of the northern soul, where fire and light dance【history】Th...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Sapporo Snow Festival
Japanese name：さっぽろ雪まつりEvent period：FebruaryVenue：HokkaidoA snowy and icy fantasy that colors the winter of the northern ...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Kyoto Gozan Okuribi
Japanese name：京都五山送り火（きょうとごんざんおくりび）Event period：AugustVenue：KyotoThe flame of prayer burning in the thousand-year-old ca...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Takayama Matsuri
Japanese name：春の高山祭（春の高山祭）Event period：AprilVenue：GifuThe elegant Sanno Festival, coloring the spring in Hida【history】Th...
Festivals Fun things in Japan：Soma Nomaoi Festivals
Japanese name：相馬野馬追（そうまのまおい）Event period：MayVenue：FukushimaA millennium-running, magnificent festival of Tohoku【history】...