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Shichido Garan
Seven buildings joined by covered walkways. Cleaning, eating and washing are all counted as practice.
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Omizu Okuri
On 2 March, water is sent from Unose. Ten days later it is drawn at the Omizu-tori of Todaiji in Nara.
Koshu
Daibosatsu Toge
The pass road that joined Kai to Musashi. As the name suggests, it was also a road of faith.
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Nozawa Dosojin
A shrine structure is built, then set alight, with the villagers defending and attacking it.
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Gujo Odori
Thirty-two nights of dancing, four of them through till dawn over Obon. Anyone may join the circle.
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Takayama Matsuri
Mechanical puppets on the floats. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Kunozan Ishidan
One thousand one hundred and fifty-nine stone steps, remembered by a Japanese pun on the number.
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Hamamatsu Matsuri
On the Nakatajima dunes, great kites from 170 districts cut one another's lines.
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Kamezaki Shiohi
The floats are hauled down onto the beach. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Tsushima Tenno Matsuri
Boats hung with lanterns cross the river. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Kumano Fireworks
Shells burst against the rock wall of Onigajo in what is called the sea self-detonation. It has run for 300 years.
Otsu
Sennichi Kaihogyo
About 40,000 kilometres walked over seven years. The rule was that anyone who stopped partway was to take his own life.
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Nagahama Hikiyama
Children perform kabuki on the stage of the floats. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Gion Matsuri
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The townspeople have kept it going for over a thousand years.
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Aoi Matsuri
The oldest of the three great festivals of Kyoto. A procession in Heian dress moves from the palace to the shrine.
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Jidai Matsuri
A procession in costume from the Heian period through to Meiji. The festival of Heian Jingu.
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Kurama Fire Festival
People carrying torches parade through the village. One of the three strange festivals of Kyoto.
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Tenjin Matsuri
One of the three great festivals of Japan. The river surface glitters with the boat procession and the dedicated fireworks.
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Wakakusa Yamayaki
The whole hill is burned in January. Thirty-three hectares go up in flame.
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