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100 Best Festivals in Japan (part 2)

        posted by John Spacey, Japan Talk, May 17, 2012

6.Nebuta Matsuri in Aomori City

The Aomori Nebuta is a large festival featuring spectacular lantern floats held August 2nd to 7th. It's occasionally disrupted by a local gang.

Nebuta Matsuri Aomori

7. Sapporo Yuki Matsuri

The Sapporo Yuki Matsuri is a massive 7 day snow festival. International teams compete to build the best snow and ice sculptures.

snow art in sapporo 2012

8. Kanamara Matsuri

A fertility festival in Kawasaki that has become popular with tourists. It's used to raise money for HIV research.

kanamara matsuri

9. Tenjin Masturi

The Tenjin Masturi is a large two day (July 24th and 25th) festival in colorful Osaka that features a procession of 100 boats. The boats are filled with celebrants adorned in the costumes of an ancient imperial court. In the evening large bonfires are lit aboard the boats. Such fires were once used to illuminate waterways by river patrols.

Tenjin Matsuri festival in Osaka

10. Aoi Matsuri

The Aoi Matsuri is one of Kyoto's oldest festivals dating back more than 1200 years. The main feature is an hour long procession of celebrants dressed in ancient aristocratic fashions.

aoi matsuri in kyoto japan


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