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Kyoto Prefecture・Kyoto City
Kurama Fire Festival
A traditional fire festival where blazing torches and mikoshi light up the Kurama night
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Kyoto Prefecture・Fukuchiyama City
Nukata Dashi Festival (Autumn Festival at Nukata Ichinomiya Shrine)
Nukata’s autumn festival, brightened by rotating floats and tsukurimon displays made with nature’s bounty
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Kyoto Prefecture・Uji City
Agata Festival
A festival where a bonten mikoshi passes through Uji on a night with the lights extinguished
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Kyoto Prefecture・Kyoto City
Yasurai Festival (Kawakami Daijingu Shrine)
Demons and flower umbrellas wind through town in Nishigamo’s spring festival to quell disease
Kyoto Prefecture・Seika Town and Kizugawa City
Igomori Festival
A South Yamashiro ritual that reflects New Year prayers in silence and the glow of great torches
Kyoto Prefecture・Kameoka City
Toshifuri Festival
A first laugh toward the lucky direction: Kameoka’s harvest festival with the Six Men