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  2. Aomori Nebuta Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  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. Tanabata - Wikipedia

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    The Sendai Tanabata Festival is the most famous in Japan. Tanabata has been celebrated in the region since the time of Date Masamune (1567–1636) who was the first warlord in the Sendai area. [22] The festival began shortly after the city was founded in the early Edo Period. The Tanabata festival gradually developed and became larger over the ...

  5. Festivals in Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    Largest Awa Dance Festival outside Tokushima Prefecture, with an average of 188 groups composed of 12,000 dancers. Summer (last weekend of August) Harajuku Omotesandō Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi: Harajuku, Omotesandō, Yoyogi Park, Meiji Shrine: Yosakoi dance festival, with an average of 100 groups. Summer (last weekend of August) Reisai Matsuri

  6. Gion Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    The Gion Festival (祇園祭, Gion Matsuri) is one of the largest and most famous festivals in Japan, taking place annually during the month of July in Kyoto. [1] Many events take place in central Kyoto and at the Yasaka Shrine, the festival's patron shrine, located in Kyoto's famous Gion district, which gives the festival its name. [1]

  7. Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival - Wikipedia

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    It is known as one of the four largest festivals in the Tsugaru region of Japan, along with the Aomori Nebuta Festival, the Hirosaki Neputa Festival, and the Kuroishi Yosare Festival. The Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival is notable for its large tachineputa floats, which are much taller than those found in the Aomori and Hirosaki Festivals.

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