Kumano Grand Fireworks Festival
Traditional fireworks set off at sea, illuminating Onigajo and the Kumano Sea
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Traditional fireworks set off at sea, illuminating Onigajo and the Kumano Sea
A summer festival in Kugenuma featuring 9 human-figure dashi and Yuge Kagura
Dashi and festival music wind through Yasugi; the Tsukinowa Festival lights up the port
Memorial boats collide in a traditional event that brightens Yokote’s summer
A Bon festival in Kurohone enlivened by Yagibushi and fireworks
A mikoshi procession at one of Edo’s Three Great Festivals, filled with chants and purifying water
A summer encounter with approximately 550,000 sunflowers along the Sagami River
A summer festival in Tamba-Sasayama, where the circles of Dekansho-bushi dancers bring the former castle town to life
A Shiraishijima Bon dance where many kinds of dance come together to a single song