Shobu-yu Festival
A festival featuring an iris mikoshi procession through the hot spring district, with the bath entrusted with warding off misfortune
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A festival featuring an iris mikoshi procession through the hot spring district, with the bath entrusted with warding off misfortune
A great rope-pulling contest passed down in Kutani, accompanied by the scent of irises and lively chants
A Yokohama port-opening festival celebrating gratitude for the port with music and light
Toyama’s early summer, brought to life by mikoshi, shishimai, and glowing yatai
An early-summer festival by the sea, with boats racing across Aioi Bay and fireworks lighting up the sky
Shobara’s agricultural heritage, passed down through prayers for cattle and horses and rice-planting songs
A festival to enjoy lilac fragrance, music, and spring in Sapporo
Spring in Esan, where volcanic rock meets crimson azaleas
A flower festival in Higashimokoto, with hills of moss phlox and a spring sky overhead