Okuma-kabuto Festival
A traditional festival in Nakajima-machi, Nanao, featuring soaring deep crimson banners
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A traditional festival in Nakajima-machi, Nanao, featuring soaring deep crimson banners
The impact of marine fireworks lighting up the night sky over Himeji Port at close range
A summer festival that brings Kitakyushu together through yamakasa and dance
A Nanao-Nakajima autumn festival with dancing deep-red frame flags
Shirotori’s Bon dance, passed down beneath kiriko lanterns to singing and the sound of geta
Elaborate mikoshi ships ride the rough waves in this maritime ritual, kept alive in Makinohara
The Mitsuke festival brought to life by bare-chested participants and a mikoshi procession through the night
Experience the ancient, elegant sounds of Bugaku passed down in Kahoku Town
The prayers of Hoshino conveyed through Furyu drumming and white-fan dance