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2. List of festivals in Japan - Wikipedia

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   Festival name Type City/venue Years Notes Asian Queer Film Festival: Film festival: Tokyo: CON-CAN Movie Festival: Film festival: Tokyo: Hiroshima International Animation Festival: Film festival: Hiroshima: Image Forum Festival: Film festival: Tokyo: Mainichi Film Awards: Film festival: Tokyo: Okinawa International Movie Festival: Film festival ...

3. Japanese festivals - Wikipedia

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   Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and the origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings ...

4. Category:Festivals in Japan - Wikipedia

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5. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Japan

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   Washi (和紙) is traditional Japanese paper processed by hand using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub, or the paper mulberry (kōzo) bush. Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan 2016 01059: Thirty-three float festivals around Japan held annually to pray to the gods for peace and protection from natural ...

6. Tenjin Matsuri - Wikipedia

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   The festival commemorates the death anniversary of the deity Sugawara no Michizane, of these festivals, the one held in Osaka at Osaka Tenmangū Shrine is the largest. Ranking with the Gion Matsuri in Kyoto and Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo, the Tenjin Matsuri is considered to be one of the three major Shintō festivals in Japan. [1]

7. Sanja Matsuri - Wikipedia

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   Sanja Matsuri (三社祭, literally "Three Shrine Festival"), or Sanja Festival, is one of the three largest Shinto festivals in Tokyo. It is considered one of the wildest and largest in Japan. [ 2 ] The festival is held in honor of Hinokuma Hamanari, Hinokuma Takenari, and Hajino Nakatomo, the three men who established and founded the Sensō ...

8. Festivals in Tokyo - Wikipedia

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   Tokyo holds many festivals (matsuri) throughout the year. Major Shinto shrine festivals include the Sanno Festival at Hie Shrine, and the Sanja Festival at Asakusa Shrine. The Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo is held every two years in May. The festival features a parade with elaborately decorated floats and thousands of people.

9. Takayama Festival - Wikipedia

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   The Sanno Festival is held to pray for a good harvest and the Autumn Festival is for giving thanks. [3] The Autumn festival is centered on the Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine and is referred to as the Hachiman Festival. It is held after the crops are harvested. The fall festival is one of the three largest festivals in Japan.