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From the first day of fall (usually the 8th) to the 9th - Bonbori Matsuri (ぼんぼり祭り) at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū: hand-drawn bonbori paper lanterns are submitted and exhibited on the shrine's grounds Photos of the lanterns. [1] [2] 10th (or following Monday if it falls on a Saturday): A full hour of fireworks on the beach in Yuigahama. [2]
Lysa TerKeurst (born July 21, 1969) [1] is an American speaker and author of Christian non-fiction. She has written more than a dozen books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Forgiving What You Can't Forget . [ 4 ]
Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Hawaii was founded by Akemi Martin in 1996. The first performance in Hawaii was at the Kuakini Senior Center on June 20, 1997. On March 10, 2000 the club celebrated its third anniversary with a Nabiraki performance at the Ala Moana Hotel. Performers from the club headquarters in Okinawa as well as the Okinawan singer ...
The Aoi Matsuri procession, departing in front of Kyoto Imperial Palace's main gate Kenreimon (建礼門) Man carrying a hollyhock float. The Aoi Matsuri (葵祭), or "Hollyhock Festival", (although commonly, but mistakenly identified as "hollyhock", the "aoi" actually belongs to the birthwort family and translates as "wild ginger"—Asarum) is one of the three main annual festivals held in ...
Japanese festivals, or matsuri (Japanese: 祭り), are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.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 to the kami", and ...
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 ...
Wasshoi Hyakuman Natsumatsuri (わっしょい百万夏祭り) is a matsuri in Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is a summer festival that spans two days, usually the first weekend in August. It is Kitakyūshū's largest festival, having been created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the creation of the city.
Kinen-sai (祈年祭, also read as Toshigoi no Matsuri) [1]: 32 is a harvest festival that was celebrated every year in ancient Japan on February 4. [2] It was held to pray for a good harvest, [2] [1]: 32 [3]: 33 as reflected in its name. [3]: 33 It is sometimes contrasted with Niiname-no-Matsuri or the fall festival. [4] [1]: 72