Karatsu Kunchi
Three days of 14 dashi bringing color to Karatsu’s former castle town
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Three days of 14 dashi bringing color to Karatsu’s former castle town
Nukata’s autumn festival, brightened by rotating floats and tsukurimon displays made with nature’s bounty
A folk event in Ichinomiya where a grass horse travels through the community, carrying wishes to the river
A children’s rice-planting festival, with handmade lanterns brightening Kurokawa at night
A Kiryu summer festival filled with the sounds of Yagibushi and the presence of mikoshi
A festival that traces Murakami’s prayers through dashi and festival music that bring the castle town to life
Two days of Yotaka Andon lanterns and fireworks lighting up Shogawa at night
A spring festival in Iwase, brightened by the lights of the tatemon and the strength of the dashi tug-of-war
A spring festival in Komatsu, filled with gold-leaf floats and Children’s Kabuki