Fan Scattering Ceremony
Uchiwamaki Toshodai-ji Temple, May 19th Temple bells toll and a crowd of worshipers scramble to catch and pick up heart-shaped uchiwa...
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The Otateyama Matsuri
Wonderful Winter Festival. This year, for the second time, lions, dragons and demons will dance and run through the streets to the...
BEANS? SUSHI? SETSU-WHAT?
Setsubun "The Bean Throwing Festival" At the beginning of February laughing and squealing children throw handfuls of roasted beans at a...
Top 10 major Japanese summer festivals
In Japan, summer is the season of fireworks, freedom and fun. Schools are out for summer vacation, scorching cloudless weather prevails,...
"The stars twinkle, they watch us from heaven"
So ends the traditional song sung during Japan’s Tanabata Star Festival every summer. Based on the Chinese Qixi Festival, the Tanabata...
Heijyo Tempyo Festival
Dance teams in shishi lion costumes show off their skills, falconers demonstrate the beauty and prowess of their raptors, and the Emperor...
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