Dorome Festival
A spring festival in Akaoka, featuring the bounty of the sea and a big-cup showdown
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A spring festival in Akaoka, featuring the bounty of the sea and a big-cup showdown
Ginowan’s early-summer fireworks, brought to life with music and design
A festival of music, food, and shopping streets bringing color to spring in this port town
A festival to witness, through archery, the prayers passed down in Ohama and Awashima
A tradition of shinmei structures on the eastern and western shores, and flames lighting up the night sky
Kushiro’s winter port festival, featuring ice and snow sculptures and tube slides
A festival of sea and land, with mikoshi and a gozabune sailing around Matsushima Bay
A maritime festival passed down in Kitaibaraki, with a wooden boat parading through town
A traditional event of the sea and prayer, with a towering lantern float moving through Uozu at night