Shonandai Tanabata Festival
Entrust your wishes to a tanzaku, as Shonandai's town and people bring Tanabata to life
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Entrust your wishes to a tanzaku, as Shonandai's town and people bring Tanabata to life
An early-summer festival where flowers and high school students’ creativity meet in Odori Park
An Owari tradition of driving away pests, praying for a good rice harvest with fire and drums
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Early summer in Kaminokuni, illuminated by torchlight and traditional Shinto rites
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Early-summer Genji fireflies dancing above the clear waters of the Daianji River
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