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Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido is known as an unfrozen lake even in the northernmost of Japan. "Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice...
Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido is known as an unfrozen lake even in the northernmost of Japan. "Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival" is a snow event held around Shikotsuko Onsen, about 40 mins away from Sapporo City from late-January to mid-F...
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Miuneyama(Mt. Miune) in Nara Prefecture is a famous place for viewing its rime ice in winter. Rime ice is created by...
Miuneyama(Mt. Miune) in Nara Prefecture is a famous place for viewing its rime ice in winter. Rime ice is created by airborne water that freezes on the branches of trees near the mountain’s summit, and it is simply the general term for ...
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Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival is one of the major ice festivals in Hokkaido, held in Sounkyo Onsen, Kamikawa Town. ...
Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival is one of the major ice festivals in Hokkaido, held in Sounkyo Onsen, Kamikawa Town. The average temperature in winter in Sounkyo is below freezing, and especially it falls from 10 to 20 degrees below zero...
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Cancellation in 2021. ------------------------------- A spectacular field-burning event where flaming arrows are sh...
Cancellation in 2021. ------------------------------- A spectacular field-burning event where flaming arrows are shot to ignite the grasslands around Shionomisaki, the southern most tip of Honshu. Watch as the fire spreads rapidly acro...
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Toi Sakura (Toi-zakura) which bloom in Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, is known as one of the earliest blooming c...
Toi Sakura (Toi-zakura) which bloom in Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, is known as one of the earliest blooming cherry blossoms in Japan. Toi Sakura starts to open in the end of December, and comes to into bloom in early January. Wha...
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"Yuki-touro", Snow Light Path, is the annual winter event held at Jozankei Shrine in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Approxi...
"Yuki-touro", Snow Light Path, is the annual winter event held at Jozankei Shrine in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Approximately 2,000 candles in garden lanterns made of snow, create a fantastic world in the shrine in the hot spring village. ...
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Magome-juku is a preserved post town on the Nakasendo Route of Gifu Prefecture, flourished during the Edo period. "I...
Magome-juku is a preserved post town on the Nakasendo Route of Gifu Prefecture, flourished during the Edo period. "Ice Candle Festival" is the annual Ice Candle Festival at Magome-juku, an event held for only two hours a year. Thousand...
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Shirakawago famous for “Historic Villages of Shirakawago (Gassho-zukuri Shuraku)” listed as world heritage sites is c...
Shirakawago famous for “Historic Villages of Shirakawago (Gassho-zukuri Shuraku)” listed as world heritage sites is crowded in the snowy season crowded with many tourists. World heritage of Shirakawago → Ogimachi village of Gifu prefect...
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20 kinds of (totally about 1,000) plum trees including old trees over 100 years are planted in Shuzenji Bairin. Durin...
20 kinds of (totally about 1,000) plum trees including old trees over 100 years are planted in Shuzenji Bairin. During Plum Festival, there are a mass of blossoms over an area of 3 hectares . Plum Festival is held from early February u...
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"Nagasaki Lantern Festival" is one of the biggest lantern festival in Japan, which is originally begun as a celebrati...
"Nagasaki Lantern Festival" is one of the biggest lantern festival in Japan, which is originally begun as a celebration of the Chinese New Year by the Chinese marchants residents in Nagasaki. During the festival period, over 15,000 colo...
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Aizu Painted Candle is known as a traditional handicraft of Aizu Region in Fukushima Prefecture. During the festival...
Aizu Painted Candle is known as a traditional handicraft of Aizu Region in Fukushima Prefecture. During the festival, approximately 10,000 candles illuminate the snowy landscape at Tsuruga Castle, Oyaku-en Garden, and throughout the Aiz...
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The 76th Atami Plum Garden Festival takes place between Jan.11 and Mar.8 at Atami plum garden, located in Atami City,...
The 76th Atami Plum Garden Festival takes place between Jan.11 and Mar.8 at Atami plum garden, located in Atami City, Shizuoka Pref. There are 472 plum trees of 58 different varieties on its 4.4-hectare site. And there are both early an...
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The number of people will be limited to 1000 each day, and the event will be held by "advance application system". P...
The number of people will be limited to 1000 each day, and the event will be held by "advance application system". Please take ticket from this site: https://sedo.base.ec/ ---------------------------------------------------------------...
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There is no various food stalls and stage events held on this year 2021. -------------------------------------------...
There is no various food stalls and stage events held on this year 2021. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Each year on the second Saturday and Sunday of February, the snow festival takes place at Ues...
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·Cancel by 2021. --------------------------------- Minamiuonuma Snow Festival is one of the three biggest snow fest...
·Cancel by 2021. --------------------------------- Minamiuonuma Snow Festival is one of the three biggest snow festivals in Japan. The sacred fire from the shrine is passed to the candles inside the snow corridor and snow lanterns, it...
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Cancellation .It will not hold on in 2021. --------------------------------------------------------- Every second S...
Cancellation .It will not hold on in 2021. --------------------------------------------------------- Every second Sunday of February, Toba Shinmei Shrine in Nishio City holds a Fire Festival with a fire pillar rising in the clear winte...
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It is not opened for the vistors this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sa...
It is not opened for the vistors this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Saidaiji Eyo (Saidaiji Naked Festival) is one of the Japan’s three major eccentric festivals with over 500 years history. ...
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Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is a large and popular Buddhist temple in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture. With the grounds ...
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is a large and popular Buddhist temple in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture. With the grounds as big as 220,000㎡, it is one of the largest temples in Japan. Over 10 million people visit there each year, and appro...
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Peony flowers have flowers blooming in winter and spring. Because flowers fall by the weight of the snow, peony flow...
Peony flowers have flowers blooming in winter and spring. Because flowers fall by the weight of the snow, peony flowers which blooms in winter will fall, so we will create an enclosure to guard and protect the flowers. Winter peony whi...
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There is no naked men perform hold on 2021. ------------------------------------------------------------------------...
There is no naked men perform hold on 2021. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every freezing cold February, thousands of naked men perform the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival. The battalion...
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The Miyagi Zao Sumikawa Snow Park, located in western Miyagi Prefecture, holds Juhyo Ice Monster Tours in snowcats fr...
The Miyagi Zao Sumikawa Snow Park, located in western Miyagi Prefecture, holds Juhyo Ice Monster Tours in snowcats from mid-December to early March to see this spectacular phenomenon up close. “Juhyo,” also known as “ice monsters,” are t...
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Zao is one of largest ski resorts in Japan and famous for “Snow Monster(Juhyo)”, all trees covered with snow and they...
Zao is one of largest ski resorts in Japan and famous for “Snow Monster(Juhyo)”, all trees covered with snow and they just look like monsters. This natural phenomenon happens only under a specific environment condition, seen in only few ...
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Kyonan Town, the southern part of Chiba Prefecture is known as a habit for daffodil("suisen" in Japanese). It is on...
Kyonan Town, the southern part of Chiba Prefecture is known as a habit for daffodil("suisen" in Japanese). It is one of the three greatest daffodil birth places along with Echizen in Fukui and Awaji Island in Hyogo. In Knonan Town, th...
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"Art Rink" is the outdoor ice skate rink appeared in the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse only every winter. Each year, s...
"Art Rink" is the outdoor ice skate rink appeared in the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse only every winter. Each year, selected artists use the ice rink as a canvas for their creations.The theme of this season is ‘Sweets Ice Rink’, with the...
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The Hakodate City Tropical Botanical Garden, located in the Yunokawa Hot Springs area, is home to some 100 free-range...
The Hakodate City Tropical Botanical Garden, located in the Yunokawa Hot Springs area, is home to some 100 free-range Japanese macaques (or snow monkeys). Although the monkeys can be seen enjoying themselves all year round, they are a pa...
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Goryokaku is a fortress that features a pentagonal design with a five-pointed star. Every winter, the illumination e...
Goryokaku is a fortress that features a pentagonal design with a five-pointed star. Every winter, the illumination event takes place at Goryokaku. The 1.8-km long moat is illuminated with about 2,000 lights to create a star-shaped illum...
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Every winter, Karuizawa Town in Nagano is illuminated with thousands of colorful LED lights. On the first day of the...
Every winter, Karuizawa Town in Nagano is illuminated with thousands of colorful LED lights. On the first day of the festival period, the north exit of Karuizawa Station becomes a pedestrian paradise for the Chiristmas market with a var...
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Izu Shaboten Zoo where you can interact surprisingly closely with 1500 kinds of cactuses and 120 kinds of animals inc...
Izu Shaboten Zoo where you can interact surprisingly closely with 1500 kinds of cactuses and 120 kinds of animals including Capybara. "An open-air bath of Capybara " at Izu Shaboten Zoological Park, was discovered by chance when the bre...
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The winter illumination "The Jewel of Shonan" is held at Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture, and known as one of ...
The winter illumination "The Jewel of Shonan" is held at Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture, and known as one of the three greatest winter illuminations around Tokyo area. "Shonan" is a name of the seaside area of Sagami Bay from Eno...
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"Yubatake Tree & Illumination" will be lit at "Toji Plaza" in front of Yubatake(hot-water field) ! A large tree will...
"Yubatake Tree & Illumination" will be lit at "Toji Plaza" in front of Yubatake(hot-water field) ! A large tree will be set up and illuminated in Toji Plaza, which looks over the symbol of Kusatsu Onsen, the yubatake, or hot-water field...
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This is an interactive illumination of Kanto with maximum 6 million lights, held every year at the Sagamiko Resort Pl...
This is an interactive illumination of Kanto with maximum 6 million lights, held every year at the Sagamiko Resort Pleasure Forest in Sagamihara City Midori Ward, Kanagawa Prefecture. Taking advantage of rich terrain, a large site and e...
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Foot Bath experience and the other events all is canceled. ---------------------------------------------------------...
Foot Bath experience and the other events all is canceled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Saitama Children's Zoo" in Saitama Prefecture, in addition to a "zoo" where you can enjoy ...
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This year's Marunouchi Illumination, marking the 19th edition of the event, will feature 1.2 million LED bulbs in the...
This year's Marunouchi Illumination, marking the 19th edition of the event, will feature 1.2 million LED bulbs in the financial district’s original shade of champagne gold, coloring over 330 trees along Marunouchi's 1.2-kilometer-long Na...
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Huis Ten Bosch is located in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyusyu Island. It is called "small Europe" which model...
Huis Ten Bosch is located in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyusyu Island. It is called "small Europe" which models Holland in the Middle Ages with beautiful canal, attractions, museum, shops, restaurants, and hotels. And it is especi...
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One of the highlights of the year at Daigo Town in Ibaraki, "Daigo Town Light Festival" takes place between November ...
One of the highlights of the year at Daigo Town in Ibaraki, "Daigo Town Light Festival" takes place between November and January. Glitter balls produce countless reflections as you walk through a tunnel to emerge in front of the otherwo...
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Kenrokuen is one of the Three Great Gardens(Korakuen, Kairakuen, and Kenrokuen) in Japan. Yukitsuri(Snow Suspenders) ...
Kenrokuen is one of the Three Great Gardens(Korakuen, Kairakuen, and Kenrokuen) in Japan. Yukitsuri(Snow Suspenders) is a practice in which about 800 rope suspenders are erected from bamboo poles and are attached to tree branches in an e...
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Country Farm Tokyo German Village is located in Sodegaura City, Chiba. The theme park of interaction with nature repr...
Country Farm Tokyo German Village is located in Sodegaura City, Chiba. The theme park of interaction with nature reproduce a rural German landscape in a 27ha-wide area. The park`s attractions, putter golf course, mini-zoo, beer restauran...
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Main Theme Area The main area is illuminated with tons of LED lights displaying Japan's beauty in line with a speci...
Main Theme Area The main area is illuminated with tons of LED lights displaying Japan's beauty in line with a specific theme of each year. 2021's main theme is “Legend of Big tree”. Aquatic Illumination Area "The Great River of ...
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Using jewel color illuminations that can only be seen in Yomiuri Land, Illuminations that shine brightly and the big ...
Using jewel color illuminations that can only be seen in Yomiuri Land, Illuminations that shine brightly and the big night view of Tokyo can be enjoyed at the same time. Popularity in the ranking is ranked first in Tokyo, second place i...
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In Ashikaga Flower Park, which was selected as the only place in japan as the "10 dream destinations of the world" ch...
In Ashikaga Flower Park, which was selected as the only place in japan as the "10 dream destinations of the world" chosen by the CNN in the United States, in Ashikaga Flower Park, the "Light Flower Garden" which in 2020 increased in volu...
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Gotemba Resort "Toki no Sumika" in Gotemba City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a leisure resort with many facilities such a...
Gotemba Resort "Toki no Sumika" in Gotemba City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a leisure resort with many facilities such as hotels, restaurants, shops, sports facilities, and more. You can stay and enjoy while viewing Mount Fuji. Every winte...
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At Sanjusangen-do Temple in Kyoto, an archery contest known as Yumi Hiki Hajime (first draw of the year) is held ever...
At Sanjusangen-do Temple in Kyoto, an archery contest known as Yumi Hiki Hajime (first draw of the year) is held every year on the Sunday closest to January 15. Approximately 2,000 participants, both men and women of new 20-year-olds f...
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On the back of a Mt. Kannoyama "Fumonji Temple" encounters the limpid stream Kiryu River. After more than half a cen...
On the back of a Mt. Kannoyama "Fumonji Temple" encounters the limpid stream Kiryu River. After more than half a century since the festival foundation, "Daruma Ichi" which became countable as one of Kiryu's trademarks, is held on the th...
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Somin Festival of Idekumano Shrine in Iwate Prefecture has over 400 years history and is believed to follow the Somin...
Somin Festival of Idekumano Shrine in Iwate Prefecture has over 400 years history and is believed to follow the Somin festival of Kokusekiji Temple. Somin Festival is also called Naked Festival, and held for a bumper harvest and protect...
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One of the oldest shrines in Kyoto, Kamigamo Shrine, holds the special traditional archery event "Musha Jinji" each y...
One of the oldest shrines in Kyoto, Kamigamo Shrine, holds the special traditional archery event "Musha Jinji" each year on January. There is a 40m long shooting range in front of a treasury, and people dressed in traditional attire sho...
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Hida Furukawa Town in Gifu Prefecture holds an annual event "Santera Mairi Festival (Three Temple Pilgrimage)" on Jan...
Hida Furukawa Town in Gifu Prefecture holds an annual event "Santera Mairi Festival (Three Temple Pilgrimage)" on January 15. Participants make pilgrimage to three Buddhist temples (Enkoji, Shinshuji, and Honkoji temples) in the town of ...
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Dondo-yaki, an event you burn up new year ornaments has been held in many places around Nagano Prefecture. Dousojin ...
Dondo-yaki, an event you burn up new year ornaments has been held in many places around Nagano Prefecture. Dousojin Festival (Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival) is one of the biggest Dondoyaki Festivals in Japan. And it is also counted as one ...
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Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture is a head shrine out of the approximately 3,500 shrines in Japan dedicated to ...
Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture is a head shrine out of the approximately 3,500 shrines in Japan dedicated to the Ebisu God. Ebisu is the god of fishing and commerce, and lots of people visit the Nishinomiya Shrine to pray for thr...
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The 4-meter long and 300-kg weigh huge Waraji sandals made from straw rope is dedicated to the statue of Dainichi Bud...
The 4-meter long and 300-kg weigh huge Waraji sandals made from straw rope is dedicated to the statue of Dainichi Buddha (Dainichi Nyorai) at Takahata Town in Yamagata Prefecture. On January 12th, Dainichi Nyorai Waraji Mikoshi Festival...
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It's not opened for vistors this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "...
It's not opened for vistors this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Katsube Fire Festival" is a traditional fire festival of Shiga Prefecture with 800 years history, and designated as an I...
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The Hatsuichi Festival takes place annually on early-January in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. It has a history of ...
The Hatsuichi Festival takes place annually on early-January in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. It has a history of more than 400 years. People come to give thanks for the past year and wish for good luck in the new year using Daruma D...
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It is not opened for the vistors this year。 ----------------------------------------------------------- Every seco...
It is not opened for the vistors this year。 ----------------------------------------------------------- Every second Saturday of January, Fire Festival is held at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shiga. This festival, which has been running for 8...
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Yoi-Ebisu Shichifukujin Ship Cruising will not be held on 2021. ---------------------------------------------------...
Yoi-Ebisu Shichifukujin Ship Cruising will not be held on 2021. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gion Ebessan is held at Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City on January 9...
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Saito(or Osaito) Fire Ceremony has been performed as a traditional New Year's bonfire event around Akakura Onsen area...
Saito(or Osaito) Fire Ceremony has been performed as a traditional New Year's bonfire event around Akakura Onsen area in Yamagata Prefecture from the ancient time. Besides firing amulet or ornaments of last year, the bird chase event (t...
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Kyoto Ebisu Shrine is known as one of the Japan’s three major shrines dedicated to Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Fo...
Kyoto Ebisu Shrine is known as one of the Japan’s three major shrines dedicated to Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. "Toka Ebisu Festival" is based around Ebisu's birthday on January 10, and held at Kyoto Ebisu Shrine over a five...
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Tsuruga-jo Castle is open on New Year's Day. Visitors can enjoy the amazing view of the 230,000 koku castle town fr...
Tsuruga-jo Castle is open on New Year's Day. Visitors can enjoy the amazing view of the 230,000 koku castle town from the 5-story castle tower. The first 5000 visitors will receive an engi mashibera, a lucky rice paddle, which is exo...
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According to old legends, foxes gather from all over Japan under a large tree on New Year's Eve, disguised in human c...
According to old legends, foxes gather from all over Japan under a large tree on New Year's Eve, disguised in human costume to visit the Oji Inari Shrine, a shrine dedicated to the deity of foxes. The famous ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hirosh...
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On December 28th the last festival days of the year, Grand Goma Fire Ceremony will be held to thank the benefit by bu...
On December 28th the last festival days of the year, Grand Goma Fire Ceremony will be held to thank the benefit by burning the old good luck charms of this year. Contained in Naritasan, burining old good luck charms which are the other ...
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Hiraoka Shrine holds the Laughing Ritual every year on December 23 to laugh off every trouble or misfortune happened ...
Hiraoka Shrine holds the Laughing Ritual every year on December 23 to laugh off every trouble or misfortune happened in this year and pray for good luck of next year. From 10 AM on Dec.23, about 4,000 people gather at Hiraoka Shrine and ...
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The Kabasan Saenazumi Shrine on Mt.Kaba in Ibaraki Prefecture hosts the Fire Walking Festival on the winter solstice ...
The Kabasan Saenazumi Shrine on Mt.Kaba in Ibaraki Prefecture hosts the Fire Walking Festival on the winter solstice each year. During the ceremony, barefooted monks walk through burning embers while praying for good health. Also, visi...
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