Kishiwada Danjiri Festival
Kishiwada’s danjiri festival: powerful by day, illuminated by lanterns at night
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Kishiwada’s danjiri festival: powerful by day, illuminated by lanterns at night
A traditional Naha event where flag bearers perform and the east and west sides join forces with the Great Rope
A traditional harvest-prayer event featuring a rice-bale mikoshi and songs parading through town
A Tanabata festival of castle-shaped lantern floats crossing Noshiro at night and shachi ornaments dancing down the river
Shiono’s festival, where red-and-black shishi and a rampaging mikoshi charge across the temple grounds
Bringing the community together to make history and capture the festival’s excitement
A traditional Kaneko festival where mikoshi and dashi make their rounds to the sound of festival music
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An autumn festival in Honjo-juku, brought to life by mikoshi and magnificent dashi