Miyazaki Prefecture・Hyuga
Hososhima Minato Festival
A summer festival in Hososhima where the spirit of the port town lives on through taikodai and a sacred procession
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Hokkaido・Shibetsu City
Shibetsu Shrine Annual Festival (Shibetsu Festival)
Three days of mikoshi and taiko bringing Shibetsu’s summer to life
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Fukuoka Prefecture・Fukuoka City
Hakata Yamakasa
Yamakasa bring color to Hakata as they race through the summer tradition and excitement
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Hokkaido・Sapporo City
Yoban-gai Matsuri
A summer shopping-district festival that fills Sapporo’s streets with mikoshi and events
Hyogo Prefecture・Shinonsen Town
The Iris Rope-Pulling Festival of Kutani, Tajima
A great rope-pulling contest passed down in Kutani, accompanied by the scent of irises and lively chants
Akita Prefecture・Yokote City
Yokote Snow Festival
Yokote’s Little New Year, bright with illuminated snow huts and elaborate bonden
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Akita Prefecture・Yokote City
Bonden at Asahiokayama Shrine
A winter festival in Yokote, where lavish Bonden travel snowy mountain roads and take on the shrine gate and steep slopes
Niigata Prefecture・Itoigawa City
Amatsu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (Itoigawa Fighting Festival)
A spring festival in Itoigawa featuring a contest between 2 mikoshi and celebratory Bugaku
Niigata Prefecture・Shibata City
Shibata Dairin
A traditional festival that brings the castle town to life with lavish dairin and spirited aori