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The annual Tokyo Summer Festival, organized by the Arion-Edo Foundation in cooperation with Asahi Shimbun, has been thought up in 1985 by Kyoko Edo (pianist), Maki Ishii (composer) and Tashi Funayama (musicologist), who joined hands to plan a truly international music festival in Tokyo at a time when there was no such event in Japan.
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 ...
Pages in category "Music festivals in Japan" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Tokyo Summer Festival; W. Warriors Dance Festival;
Festival name Type City/venue Years Notes Yamaha Popular Song Contest: Pop festival: Kakegawa: 1969-1986: Music contest and festival B-Boy Park: Hip hop festival: Concert on the Rock: Rock festival: Cosquín en Japón: Folk festival: Fuji Rock Festival: Rock festival: Heart-Aid Shisen: Rock festival: 2008: Live under the sky: Rock festival ...
Summer (between June and August) Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival: Sumida River: Summer (last Saturday in July) Tokyo Bay Fireworks: Tokyo Bay: Summer (August) Jingu Fireworks: Summer (August) Fukagawa Matsuri: Kōtō (Tomioka Hachiman Shrine) It is one of the three major Shinto festivals in Tokyo. Summer (between June and August) Kōenji Awa ...
The Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (青森ねぶた祭, "Aomori Nebuta Festival" or simply "Aomori Nebuta") is a Japanese summer festival that takes place in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan in early August. The festival attracts the most tourists of any of the country's nebuta festivals, and is counted among the three largest festivals in the Tōhoku ...
Fuji Rock Festival (フジロックフェスティバル, Fuji Rokku Fesutibaru) is an annual rock festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The three-day event, organized by Smash Japan, features more than 200 Japanese and international musicians, making it the largest outdoor music event in Japan. In 2005, more than ...
A-Nation (stylized as a-nation) is the name of an annual series of summer concerts that are held in various cities in Japan. [1] Organized by Avex Group, Japan's biggest independent record label, this series features the most successful artists signed onto Avex Trax or other labels of the group (although some artists from other Japanese labels also participate here).