The Inuyama Matsuri is held at the beginning of April in the city of Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture.
Coinciding with the blooming of the cherry blossoms, the festival features processions of three leveled ‘dashi’ – traditional wheeled floats.
The festival dates back to 1635 and was officially recognised by the Japanese government in 2006 as an “Intangible folk cultural property” – presumably for the insurance.
On the shores of Lake Towada, the venue is transformed into an illuminated winter wonderland for a period of three months in winter. In previous years, the event was compressed into three weeks in February, but in the interest of […]
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Celebrated to mark the end of winter and the day before spring begins, setsubun is an age-old Japanese ceremony thought to drive evil spirits from the house. Many people dress as demons and are herded out of businesses and houses […]
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