Otaru Ushio Festival
Dance and drums parade around the port, and fireworks bloom in the summer sky over Otaru
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Dance and drums parade around the port, and fireworks bloom in the summer sky over Otaru
Nagayama’s summer festival, illuminated by andon dashi and taiko drums
A summer festival where dashi carrying on 300 years of tradition bring color to the town
Sanuma’s summer, brightened by dancing and dashi floats; fireworks bloom over the Hasama River
A summer festival of Ushiku dance and mikoshi, rooted in kappa legends
A Chikusei summer festival enlivened by 3 mikoshi and a river procession
A summer festival at the foot of Mount Tsukuba, with mikoshi and dashi bringing Hojo to life
A summer festival in Ogo, with the Rampaging Lion parading through town and the mikoshi offering protection
A town-center Tanabata festival adorned with bamboo decorations made from Ogawa washi