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Let's join in a festival steeped in Japanese traditions and experience Japanese culture in depth!
6 festival must join in Japan for festival lovers
The Moerenuma Artistic Fireworks is a major summer event held in Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture. This particular fireworks display is known for being designed by pyrotechnicians who have received awards from the Prime
Minister.
Comprised mainly of “art ball” fireworks, the explosions are synchronized to the rhythm and melody of music, creating a spectacular show for both the eyes and ears.
Owara Dance Festival is one of the greatest summer festivals in Japan, attracting around 200.000 visitors each year.
The vibrant folk festival takes place in Yatsuo, a rustic old town in the southern mountains of Toyama
City, famous for its lively atsmosphere, full of mysterious songs and elegant traditional dance parades through streets lined with ancient wooden buildings.
The festival, which dates back more than 300 years, is
held to pray for good weather and an abundant crop.
Tezutsu Hanabi, said to have originated in Toyohashi, is a unique firework of the Eastern Mikawa region.
It uses a bamboo tube about 80 cm long and 10 cm in diameter, with the nodes removed and wrapped tightly with rope. The tube is filled with 1.8 to 3 kg of black powder mixed with iron filings, made from potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal.
The performer holds the tube firmly against their side with both hands, producing a massive pillar of fire. At the end, a flame called "Hane" bursts out at the performer's feet with a loud bang, creating a spectacular display.
This daring firework is set off during festivals as a dedicatory event to pray for abundant harvests, good health, family prosperity, and long-lasting luck in battle.
The floats are pushed along the street by human power, weaving back and forth, and spinning around for the crowd. They are often as wide as nine meters and as tall as five meters!
The nebuta dancers, called “haneto” and wearing flashy outfits, jump and dance as they shout “Rassera, rassera.”
The Awa Dance Festival (Awa Odori) is the country's largest dance festival as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Dancers and musicians known as ren parade through the streets accompanied by traditional instruments, wearing obon dance costumes and chanting. "Awa" refers to the old name of Tokushima Prefecture, and "odori" means "dance".
"Odoru aho ni miru aho, onaji aho nara odoranya sonson" (A fool watches a fool dancing, If they're both fools, let's dance). It's the lyrics sung by the dancers during the festival.
This fireworks display is a summer tradition in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture.
Enjoy a fantastic night with the scenic beauty of Kebi no Matsubara in the background. Lanterns brightly decorate the sea, and one of the largest fireworks displays on the Sea of Japan coast is launched over the sea, creating a spectacular picture scroll of light and sound in the sea and sky.
