Canceled The Yosakoi Oedo Soran Festival 2022
Kiba Park 木場公園, 4-6 Kiba, Koto, TokyoAnnual festival and dance competition in which about 45 teams of different sizes display their synchronised dance skills…
Annual festival and dance competition in which about 45 teams of different sizes display their synchronised dance skills…
Annual autumn festival held near Kichijoji Station. At 11am on the Saturday, a priest on horseback leads the…
Jiyugaoka Megami Festival is a food and culture festival that has been running since 1973 and today attracts…
The White Heron Dance (白鷺の舞) has roots in a scroll which depicted scenes of a parade praying for…
The Yosakoi Festival originated in Kochi prefecture in 1954 as an event to reinvigorate the region because it…
Open-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
Open-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
The traditional New Year greeting by the Imperial Family from the long balcony of the Chowaden Hall. Members…
This annual event held at Kameidoten-jinja in Koto Ward celebrates the passing of good fortune into the year…
While setsubun festivals are held at many temples across the country, the rituals at Asakusa’s Sensoji, Takao-san Yakuo-in…
Traditionally setsubun (節分) marks the day before the beginning of a new season, but in post-Edo times the…
More than 3,000 lanterns are lit at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara twice a year—in early February for…
What started off in 1950 as community event to display six snow statues made by local high school…
Kite market (凧市) held on the Day of the Horse every February. The dates depending on the twelve…
The Otaru Snow Light Path Festival (小樽雪あかりの路, Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi) began in 1999 with the hope…
The ritual of hollowing out a mound of snow and building a small hut like an igloo is…
Kite market (凧市) held on the Day of the Horse every February. The dates depending on the twelve…
The Saidaiji Eyō (西大寺会陽), more commonly known as the Hadaka Matsuri (“Naked Festival”), gets more international media attention…
Until the 1950s, many dying factories could be found along the river near Nakai Station in Shinjuku Ward…
One of the biggest Daruma Doll Markets in Japan, over 300 stalls selling the round dolls gather around…
Hanatoro (花灯路, Hanatōro) is a 10-day long illumination that takes place in Kyoto’s Higashiyama in March and Arashiyama…
The Fire Walking Festival (火渡りまつり, hiwatari matsuri) is held near Takaosanguchi Station on the second Sunday of March…
According to legend, a statue is said to have been discovered on the 18 March 628 on the…
The Golden Dragon Dance celebrates the re-construction of the main hall of Sensoji in 1958 after it was…