HokkaidoFestivalsEsashi
Esashi Togyosai
Said to be the oldest festival in Hokkaido. Floats parade the town in thanks for a good herring catch.
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HokkaidoFestivalsSapporo
Sapporo Snow Festival
It started with snow sculptures made by junior and senior high school students. Two million people now come.
AomoriFestivalsGoshogawara
Tachineputa
Twenty-three metres tall. It was revived by burying the town's power lines.
AomoriFestivalsAround Hirosaki
Tsugaru Shamisen
It grew out of door-to-door street performance. The striking, percussive stroke of the plectrum is its mark.
AkitaFestivalsOga
Sedo Matsuri
The rite held to be the source of the namahage tradition. Fires are lit on a winter night.
AkitaFestivalsYokote
Yokote Kamakura
A water deity is enshrined inside a snow hut. Belief embedded in daily life became a festival as it was.
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AkitaFestivalsYokote
Yokote Kamakura
A water deity is enshrined in a snow hut, and sweet amazake is served inside.
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IbarakiFestivalsItako
Itako Ayame
A bridal boat moves along the waterway. Five hundred varieties of iris bloom.
IbarakiFestivalsHitachi
Hitachi Furyumono
Five-storey floats stage mechanical puppet plays. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
TochigiFestivalsMashiko
Mashiko Pottery Fair
Five hundred stalls in spring and autumn. The town became known when Hamada Shoji settled here.
SaitamaFestivalsChichibu
Chichibu Yomatsuri
Held on 2 and 3 December, with floats and fireworks. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
ChibaFestivalsKatori
Sawara Dashi
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The festival of a waterside town that prospered before the gate of Katori Jingu.
ChibaFestivalsKatsuura
Katsuura Hina
One thousand eight hundred hina dolls on the sixty stone steps of Tomisaki Jinja.
TokyoFestivalsChiyoda
Kanda Matsuri
One of the three great festivals of Japan. It was a tenka matsuri, allowed to enter the grounds of Edo Castle.
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KanagawaFestivalsHiratsuka
Hiratsuka Tanabata
It began as a prayer for postwar recovery. Large decorations cover the shopping street.
NiigataFestivalsTokamachi
Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
Artworks scattered through the hill villages. Terraced fields and empty houses are the stage.
NiigataFestivalsOjiya
Ushi no Tsunotsuki
No winner is declared; every bout ends in a draw. It appears in Nanso Satomi Hakkenden.