Yatsushiro National Fireworks Competition
A national fireworks competition where pyrotechnicians showcase their skills beneath Yatsushiro’s autumn sky
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A national fireworks competition where pyrotechnicians showcase their skills beneath Yatsushiro’s autumn sky
An autumn highlight in Kumamoto: a historical pageant of mikoshi and zuibyo
A summer festival of sparks and festival music, as the Daijayama winds through Nankan
An autumn festival in Mashiki Town, passed down through a dance of sparks and male and female lions
A traditional Yamaga summer-night spectacle illuminated by gold lanterns and the Yoheho-bushi
A traditional kagura dance resounds through the shrines of Hitoyoshi and Kuma
Kodai Odori of Kureko: feathered hats and the resonance of Buddhist chants
Kagura from Yoshihara, Minamioguni, passed down through 33 dances