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The Sapporo Snow Festival (さっぽろ雪まつり, Sapporo Yuki-matsuri) is a festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan, over seven days in February. Odori Park , Susukino , and Tsudome are the main sites of the festival.
Chichibu Festival Floats (秩父祭屋台, chichibu matsuri yatai) 1.6 Six festival floats used during the Chichibu Shrine Grand Festival (an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property). Chichibu, Saitama: Fujizuka of Kizoru (木曽呂の富士塚, kizoru no fujizuka) 1.6
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 ...
The New Beginning in Sapporo was a two-night professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place across two nights on February 23 and 24, 2024 in Sapporo, Hokkaido at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center. It was the fortieth event under the New Beginning chronology and the sixth to take place in Sapporo.
Construction in brick was encouraged by the Hokkaidō Development Commission, resulting in buildings such as the Former Hokkaidō Government Office in Sapporo; at one point there were seventeen brickworks in eight areas of the prefecture, but during the Taishō era they converged on Ebetsu, with its fine clays; three brickworks continue in the ...
Matsuri (まつり, lit. 'Festival') is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The song was performed at the NHK Tiny Desk Concerts Japan .
The Hokkaidō Shrine (北海道神宮, Hokkaidō Jingū), named the Sapporo Shrine (札幌神社, Sapporo Jinja) until 1964, is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Sited in Maruyama Park , Chūō-ku , Sapporo , Hokkaido , the Hokkaido Shrine enshrines four kami including the soul of the Emperor Meiji .
The 2023 Sapporo Mayoral Election was held on 1 May 2023 as part of the 2023 Japanese unified local elections to elect the mayor of Sapporo. Incumbent Katsuhiro Akimoto won with a 56% majority. A major issue of the election included Sapporo's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. [1] Akimoto was a firm supporter of holding the olympic games in ...