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Hiroshima Prefecture・Onomichi City
Hōran-e (Hiroshima Prefecture)
A nighttime Kangen Festival, with a lantern-lit, drum-filled lead boat traveling along the Setoda Channel
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Aichi Prefecture・Ichinomiya City
Kuroiwa Gion Festival
Kuroiwa’s traditional festival, with a lantern-adorned boat-shaped dashi making its way beneath the night sky
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Hiroshima Prefecture・Hatsukaichi City
Kangen-sai
A Heian-era scene unfolds on Miyajima as the gozasen glides across the water to the sound of gagaku
Oita Prefecture・Hita City
Hita Gion Festival
A Hita summer festival where lantern-lit dashi floats and music parade through the streets
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Saitama Prefecture・Kawagoe City
Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival
A summer festival through the streets of Little Edo, illuminated by lanterns
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Mie Prefecture・Suzuka City
Kanbe Ishidori Festival
8 dashi bring Kanbe’s summer to life with gongs and drums
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Niigata Prefecture・Yahiko Village
Yahiko Shrine Lantern Pushing Festival and Bugaku
A traditional lantern-pushing festival, with lights and mikoshi winding through Yahiko’s summer
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Aichi Prefecture・Tsushima City
Tsushima Shrine’s Tenno Festival
Tsushima’s summer festival, adorned with lantern boats and a dramatic morning festival
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Kanagawa Prefecture・Manazuru Town
Kibune Festival
Boats and mikoshi enliven the harbor: a sea festival passed down in Manazuru
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