Kashima Gatalympics
If you’re a bit puzzled what a ‘Gatalympics’ might be then an easier way to think of this festival is ‘fun with mud’. The event takes place on the mudflats on the …
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Horikawa Festival
Due to COVID-19, some of the events as part of the festival have been canceled. As a result, the festival willl be held over one day only in 2022. The two days of the Horikawa festival feature …
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Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Festival
In the feudal times of Edo-era Japan, Kaga — the name for present-day Kanazawa — was the largest domain in the land. So large was it that it could produce a million bushels of rice, …
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Chagu Chagu Umakko
A horse festival in Iwate Prefecture in which approximately 100 elaborately costumed horses are ridden and led from Onikoshi Sozen Shrine in Takizawa to Morioka Hachimangu Shrine. The name comes …
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Yosakoi Soran Festival
Taking place in Odori Park, Sapporo, this team dance event has been a fixture of the Hokkaido summer event calendar since 1992. Yosakoi is a form of team-based dancing that originated in the …
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Izawanomiya Otaue Festival
This festival takes place on June 24th each year at Izawanomiya (Izawa Shrine) – one of the 123 shinto shrines that makes up the giant Ise Grand Shrine complex in Mie Prefecture. …
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Miyako no Nigiwai
See dancers from all five of Kyoto's hanamachi (geisha districts) on stage together.
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Aizen Festival
The Aizen Festival is touted as the first major summer festival in Osaka of the year. Along with the Tenjin Festival and the Sumiyoshi Festival, it’s also known as one of the three big …
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