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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 ...
Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Film festival. Tokyo. Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Film festival. Yamagata. Yokohama Film Festival.
Festivals in Tokyo. Categories: Festivals in Japan. Lists of festivals by country. Lists of festivals in Asia. Japanese entertainment-related lists. Lists of events in Japan. Japanese culture-related lists.
Yosakoi dance festival, with an average of 100 groups. Summer (last weekend of August) Reisai Matsuri. Bunkyō (Nezu Shrine) September 21. Tokyo Jidai Matsuri. Asakusa. This festival celebrates the history of Tokyo and was first held in 1999. (It is not to be confused with Kyoto 's Jidai Matsuri.)
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Tanabata festivities in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa in 2023. Tanabata (Japanese: たなばた or 七夕, meaning "Evening of the Seventh"), also known as the Star Festival (星祭り, Hoshimatsuri), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. [1][a][b] It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by ...
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]
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. In 2007 (57th festival), about two million people visited Sapporo to see the hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures at ...