Kyoto Student Festival
A festival of dance and music, bringing Kyoto to life with student creativity
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A festival of dance and music, bringing Kyoto to life with student creativity
Iga’s traditional dance from Yamabata, adorned with kakko drums and floral decorations
Tottori’s shrine offering, featuring a real-sword dance and a Kirin Shishimai
Chichibu Yoshida’s dedication fireworks send a dragon into the sky with inherited skills and announcements
A mikoshi procession through town and a beach procession ceremony at sunset
Sanbaso at Fujii Shrine, passed down through generations with 3 dashi and children
Nagakute’s autumn offering festival, carried on by decorated horses and matchlock rifle teams
A spirited battle rooted in local tradition between Ryujinmaru and the whale
The Tenman Shrine Festival in Yakuno, with sumo jinku and dedication taiko ringing out