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Yodogawa Fireworks Festival 2025
Firework viewing, called hanabi in Japanese, at Yodogawa River is a real crowd pleaser. One of top ten ways to spend your summer..
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![Dressing Up for Nebuta Matsuri]( "Dressing Up for Nebuta Matsuri")
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![Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025]( "Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025")
![Morito no Hama bon Dance Festival 2025]( "Morito no Hama bon Dance Festival 2025")
![Akita Kanto Lantern Festival 2020]( "Akita Kanto Lantern Festival 2020")
![Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2025]( "Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2025")
![Miura Kaigan Fireworks Festival 2025]( "Miura Kaigan Fireworks Festival 2025")
![Kintaikyo Fireworks Festival 2025]( "Kintaikyo Fireworks Festival 2025")
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![Kutchan Jagamatsuri: 2013 Report]( "Kutchan Jagamatsuri: 2013 Report")
![Kure Fireworks Festival 2025]( "Kure Fireworks Festival 2025")
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Beppu Fireworks Festival 2025
The Beppu Fireworks Festival is a must-see summer event. It is held annually on either the last weekend of July or first weekend..
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Dressing Up for Nebuta Matsuri
Helen LangfordIt's all about the bells for the author at the Nebuta Matsuri, held in Aomori the first week of August. It's said that they..
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Ancient Traditions of the Gion Matsuri
Bonson LamBe transported by the sounds and sights of Gion Matsuri, a Millennium old festival in the open air art gallery of Kyoto’s old ..
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Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025
A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination..
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Morito no Hama bon Dance Festival 2025
Morito no Hama's yearly summer beach festival and dance competition on the shores of Morito beach in Hayama, Kanagawa prefecture...
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Akita Kanto Lantern Festival 2020
Hitoshi KawaiDokkoisho! The multiple meanings of this word are a reflection of the complex emotions going through the lantern bearer’s mind..
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Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2025
The Tejikara Summer Fire Festival is an event held every second Sunday of August along the banks of the Nagara River in Gifu.
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Miura Kaigan Fireworks Festival 2025
The fireworks were spectacular at the annual Miura Kaigan festival.
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Kintaikyo Fireworks Festival 2025
Beautiful, colorful and fun - a great way to enjoy one of Japan's most famous & historical bridges enjoying one of Japan's..
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The Tsuzawa Yotaka Andon Matsuri
Meredith LescoeA look into a little known, yet immensely entertaining, hikiyama festival in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
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Miyajima Fireworks Festival [Discontinued] 2019
Past EventHiroshima's most famous fireworks display. 60 minutes of amazing, colorful bursts shot from the water in front of the huge red..
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Kutchan Jagamatsuri: 2013 Report
Chris BarnesThe Kutchan Jagamatsuri is a colorful summer festival held annually in early August.
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Kure Fireworks Festival 2025
The Kure Fireworks Festival takes place every August by the city port. Spectators here will enjoy an hour of pyrotechnics over the..
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Minato Kobe Marine Fireworks Festival 2025
Minato Kobe Fireworks Festival offers beautiful fireworks without the crowds. Check out my favorite spots to watch and enjoy.
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Fukuyama Ashida River Fireworks Festival 2025
The fireworks display by the Ashida River in Fukuyama is the perfect location to bring the city's three-day summer festival..
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Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2025
The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is the largest, if not greatest, danjiri matsuri (float festival) in Japan. Celebrating 300 year..
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Ebisu's Bon Odori Summer Festival
Todd WojnowskiThe Bon Odori Festival in Ebisu, Tokyo is a huge summertime gathering rich in tradition. With music, dancing, food, drinks, and..
Yatsuo Hikiyama Festival 2025
Lantern covered floats roll their way through the old streets of Yatsuo, at the Hikiyama Festival.
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Edogawa Fireworks Festival 2025
Edogawa Fireworks Festival - a summer night filled with lights and laughter.
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Lake Yamanaka Fireworks Festival 2025
Four simultaneous firework displays lasting one hour at the Firework Festival at Lake Yamanaka, one of the Five Fuji Lakes in Yamanashi..
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Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival 2025
16,000 fireworks light up the sky over the Hirose River every August 5th evening. This is the kickoff for 3 days of Tanabata F..
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Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival 2025
The Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival around the Tokyo Skytree is one of Japan's major summer fireworks displays, held each year..
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Nagaoka Festival 2025
Nagaoka Festival and Fireworks a tradition since 1946 to commemorate victims of war and earthquakes.
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Okazaki Fireworks Festival 2025
Fireworks Festivals or Hanabi-kai are some of the most spectacular festivals in Japan. Okazaki is one of those places which hosts..
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Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition 2025
The Tsuchiura Fireworks Competition is one of the top three fireworks displays in Japan. Come and witness the freshest new display..
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Gion Matsuri 2025
Enjoy centuries old traditions, lively parades, mouth-watering street food, and contagious fun at one of Japan’s most popular ..
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Akita Kanto Festival 2025
The Kanto Matsuri is also known as the pole lantern festival. It is a Tanabata related celebration in Akita City held annually from..
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Adachi Fireworks 2025
Annually over 600,000 people assemble to watch one of the most popular firework festivals by the Arakawa river in Tokyo's Adachi..
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Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri 2025
The Fukagawa Hachiman Matruri is one of the three biggest festivals held in Toyo. Nicknamed mizu-kake matsuri, literally water throwing..
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ULTRA JAPAN 2025
ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is Japan's largest EDM festival. The world's greatest DJ's unite and battle in Tokyo's Odaiba..
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Hamaori-sai 2025
Every year on Marine's Day, about 40 omikoshi will leave from the shrines around the city of Chigasaki and bath into the ocean...
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Fuji Rock Festival 2025
The biggest outdoor music festival in Japan, Fuji Rock Festival takes places in Naeba, Niigata prefecture each summer.