Kobe Festival
A brilliant celebration for Kobe residents, with samba and music bringing the city to life
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A brilliant celebration for Kobe residents, with samba and music bringing the city to life
An early-summer festival celebrating the bounty of Kumaishi’s sea with Futami Salmon
A Hakodate festival tracing a historical panorama of the final years of the shogunate, with Goryokaku as its setting
Race, get lost, and savor spring among Yokohama Town’s rapeseed flowers
Fushiki’s spirited port-town culture, brought to life by flower-decorated floats and lantern floats at night
Aoi Matsuri: a Heian court procession linking Kyoto’s shrines and temples
A spring festival that brings Miyazu’s neighborhoods together with mikoshi and ukidaiko drums
A festival procession of 13 yama through the castle town, day and night
A spring fair bringing together plants, flowers, and the flavors of Yamagata