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The annual Kokubunji Festival celebrates local residents, commerce and agriculture. The festival attracts about 100,...
The annual Kokubunji Festival celebrates local residents, commerce and agriculture. The festival attracts about 100,000 visitors every year. It is Kokubunji's biggest event, featuring a historical parade, a farmers market from Sado Cit...
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Every year on Nov. 3, the Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu Parade, the federal lord's procession, takes place at the streets ...
Every year on Nov. 3, the Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu Parade, the federal lord's procession, takes place at the streets of Yumoto in Hakone. The highlight is the procession of about 170 people dressed in samurai, princess, maidservants, and...
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Ujisato Gamo was a feudal lord in the Sengoku period, and built the Matsusaka Castle located in Mie Prefecture. The ...
Ujisato Gamo was a feudal lord in the Sengoku period, and built the Matsusaka Castle located in Mie Prefecture. The Ujisato Festival is an annual festival to commemorate the achievements of Ujisato Gamo. A total of 300 participants dre...
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One of the Temple dance in Sensoji Temple "Shirasagi no Mai". It is a beautiful and elegant event, dancing in a stunn...
One of the Temple dance in Sensoji Temple "Shirasagi no Mai". It is a beautiful and elegant event, dancing in a stunning white snowy heron costume. It is held twice a year, in spring and autumn. It was a dance dedicated to the centennia...
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Ohara Festival is a dance festival held at Tenmonkan in downtown Kagoshima, and it is one of the biggest festivals in...
Ohara Festival is a dance festival held at Tenmonkan in downtown Kagoshima, and it is one of the biggest festivals in southern Kyushu. This year, the festival takes place to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Kagoshima City. Approxima...
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"Usuki Takeyoi" is a beautiful bamboo lantern festival held in Usuki City, Oita. Approximately 20,000 bamboo lantern...
"Usuki Takeyoi" is a beautiful bamboo lantern festival held in Usuki City, Oita. Approximately 20,000 bamboo lanterns are lit to produce a fantastic atmosphere throughout the town. The Usuki Stone Buddhas are a National Treasure of Jap...
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Tokushima Awa Odori Festival is one of the biggest dance festivals in Japan. The biggest festival is held every mid-...
Tokushima Awa Odori Festival is one of the biggest dance festivals in Japan. The biggest festival is held every mid-August, but also takes place in November. The Autumn Awa Odori Festival features the stage performances such as Awa Dan...
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Karatsu Kunchi Festival is the three-days autumn festival at Karatsu Shrine in Saga Prefecture. It is a festival cele...
Karatsu Kunchi Festival is the three-days autumn festival at Karatsu Shrine in Saga Prefecture. It is a festival celebrated for a rich harvest with a 400-years history, and is designated as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The fes...
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Kifune Shrine is located in the northern mountains of Kyoto, and the shrine is dedicated to the god of water. The sh...
Kifune Shrine is located in the northern mountains of Kyoto, and the shrine is dedicated to the god of water. The shrine is also known to have granted the wish of restoring a relationship for a famous Japanese poet of the Heian Period (...
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Showa Memorial Park (Showa Kinen Park) is a 180ha-wide park in Tachikawa City, Tokyo and one of the best spots viewi...
Showa Memorial Park (Showa Kinen Park) is a 180ha-wide park in Tachikawa City, Tokyo and one of the best spots viewing the colors of autumn in Japan. There are two Ginkgo Avenues ; one is along the canal near Tachikawa Gate. 106 gink...
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"FLOWERS BY NAKED" will hold the flower's immersive event "FLOWERS BY NAKED 2019 -Kyoto· Nijo Castle-" at Nijo Castl...
"FLOWERS BY NAKED" will hold the flower's immersive event "FLOWERS BY NAKED 2019 -Kyoto· Nijo Castle-" at Nijo Castle, the first world heritage in western Japan. "FLOWERS BY NAKED" is an immersive art event handled by Creative Company ...
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The 42th Furusato Shibuya Festival takes place on 2nd & 3rd of November at Yoyogi Park. There are lots of fun events...
The 42th Furusato Shibuya Festival takes place on 2nd & 3rd of November at Yoyogi Park. There are lots of fun events such as the big parade of marching bands of over 2,500 people, stage shows, stamp rally, and more, scheduled. Also, lo...
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Raccoon Dog, known as Tanuki, appear often in Japanese folklore. One of the famous Tanuki tales, the Awa Tanuki Batt...
Raccoon Dog, known as Tanuki, appear often in Japanese folklore. One of the famous Tanuki tales, the Awa Tanuki Battle is about a great war between two tanuki held in Awa Province, Tokushima. Each year on early-November, the Awa Tanu...
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Mount Takao is most crowded in foliage season, various events will be held at the "Mt. Takao Maple Festival" on Nov. ...
Mount Takao is most crowded in foliage season, various events will be held at the "Mt. Takao Maple Festival" on Nov. 2nd 2019 (Sat) to Nov. 30th (Sat) during weekends and national holidays. At the Momiji Festival venue Kiotaki Station...
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Tofukuji Temple is one of the oldest and largest temples in Kyoto, and famous for its beautiful view of autumn leaves...
Tofukuji Temple is one of the oldest and largest temples in Kyoto, and famous for its beautiful view of autumn leaves. From mid-November, about 2,000 maple trees are turning their color crimson or gold. One of the best spots viewing fa...
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The Dream Yosakoy Festival takes place in Odaiba, Maunouchi, and Akihabara areas in Tokyo. The festival is based on Y...
The Dream Yosakoy Festival takes place in Odaiba, Maunouchi, and Akihabara areas in Tokyo. The festival is based on Yosakoi dance that started in Kochi to celebrate postwar reconstruction and has spread throughout Japan. Featuring around...
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Nagatoro in Saitama is one of the best spots to enjoy autumn leaves around Tokyo area. Every year, the leaves start t...
Nagatoro in Saitama is one of the best spots to enjoy autumn leaves around Tokyo area. Every year, the leaves start to turn red or yellow from late-October, and middle-November is the best time to watch the view of fall foliage. The Naga...
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The Onomichi Betcha Festival is a very unusual festival which designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of O...
The Onomichi Betcha Festival is a very unusual festival which designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Onomichi City. Held each year over a three-day period from November 1st through 3rd, this festival features a procession...
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Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture is one of the Japan's best spots for viewing autumn leaves. And "Fuji Kawagu...
Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture is one of the Japan's best spots for viewing autumn leaves. And "Fuji Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival" is one of the best autumn leaves festivals in Japan! The festival takes place mainly alo...
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The Nabeshima Domain Kiln Autumn Festival is held in Okawachiyama, Imari City, Saga Prefecture. Okawachiyama is a sm...
The Nabeshima Domain Kiln Autumn Festival is held in Okawachiyama, Imari City, Saga Prefecture. Okawachiyama is a small pottery village, produced a number of masterpiece porcelains such as "Iro Nabeshima", "Nabeshima Sometsuke" and "Nab...
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The Saga International Balloon Fiesta is an international hot air balloon competition held in Saga City annually in a...
The Saga International Balloon Fiesta is an international hot air balloon competition held in Saga City annually in autumn. It attracts over 1 million people every year. The event has grown up into one of Asia's largest championships, a...
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Autumn Grand Festival takes place at Yasaka Shrine in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture. One kid chosen from local chil...
Autumn Grand Festival takes place at Yasaka Shrine in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture. One kid chosen from local children dress in traditional costume and perform Sanbaso, an ancient folk dance, while ringing a bell. It dates back more ...
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“Kawasaki Halloween”, also known as "Kawahallo", will be held around Kawasaki Station on October 26th, 2019. Japan’...
“Kawasaki Halloween”, also known as "Kawahallo", will be held around Kawasaki Station on October 26th, 2019. Japan’s largest Halloween parade attracts about 120,000 visitors every year. The highlight of the festival is the Halloween P...
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One of the three major festivals of Naha, Shurijo Castle Festival is reminiscent of the Ryukyu Kingdom era, colored b...
One of the three major festivals of Naha, Shurijo Castle Festival is reminiscent of the Ryukyu Kingdom era, colored brightly red, a culture different from the Mainland, is a precious festival where you can feel the unique culture of Okin...
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The 37th “Harajuku-Omotesando Hello Halloween Pumpkin Parade” will be held on October 27, 2019. In the costume parad...
The 37th “Harajuku-Omotesando Hello Halloween Pumpkin Parade” will be held on October 27, 2019. In the costume parade, more than 1,000 children walk 1 kilometer between Harajuku and Omotesando every year. And there is a music band play...
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Halloween is “an event to wish for the rich harvest in autumn, and drive out evil spirits", but it has become a famou...
Halloween is “an event to wish for the rich harvest in autumn, and drive out evil spirits", but it has become a famous worldwide loose event where children dress up as ghosts and ask for candy. It is now more advanced, in the Halloween ...
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Kyoto Jidai Festival is the grand festival of Heian Shrine, and considered as one of the top three festivals in Kyoto...
Kyoto Jidai Festival is the grand festival of Heian Shrine, and considered as one of the top three festivals in Kyoto. Jidai Festival started in 1895 to commemorate the 1,100 the anniversary of the founding of Kyoto. It consists of a l...
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Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition is one of the three major fireworks competition in Japan. It takes place e...
Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition is one of the three major fireworks competition in Japan. It takes place every October in Tsuchiura city, Ibaraki Prefecture. This competition is to contribute the improvement on the techniques...
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"Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival" started at 2014, is the largest cosplay event in Japan that celebrates the fif...
"Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival" started at 2014, is the largest cosplay event in Japan that celebrates the fifth time this year. Set in the Ikebukuro East Exit area centering on "Otome Road" which is drawing attention as a sacr...
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Every year from mid-October to late-October, about 12 million cosmos flowers bloom in the Arakawa riverbed of Konosu ...
Every year from mid-October to late-October, about 12 million cosmos flowers bloom in the Arakawa riverbed of Konosu City, Saitama Prefecture. Pink, red, white and yellow cosmos are in full bloom in 6.3 ha-wide cosmos field. The 2-day f...
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Roppongi Hills Halloween Parade takes place on Oct.26, 2019. The autumn event of Roppongi Hills, "Halloween Parade" ...
Roppongi Hills Halloween Parade takes place on Oct.26, 2019. The autumn event of Roppongi Hills, "Halloween Parade" is the 17th time this year. The theme of the costume in 2019 is "movie characters". Anyone who is dressed in a movie c...
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Onga Riverbed in Mizumaki Town, Fukuoka is a famous place for viewing cosmos flower in October. And the cosmos fest...
Onga Riverbed in Mizumaki Town, Fukuoka is a famous place for viewing cosmos flower in October. And the cosmos festival takes place on Oct.26 & 27 when a green field turns a pink carpet. About five million cosmos flower bloom here! ...
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Imari Ton-Ten-Ton Festival in Saga Prefecture is well known as one of Japan’s three great fighting festival. It is a ...
Imari Ton-Ten-Ton Festival in Saga Prefecture is well known as one of Japan’s three great fighting festival. It is a ritual of Imari Shrine. Its name comes from the sound of taiko drum beats. The sound of Ton-Ten-Ton drum beats signal th...
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Nakasu Festival is held in the Nakasu entertainment district features teams of women wearing happi(Japanese classic s...
Nakasu Festival is held in the Nakasu entertainment district features teams of women wearing happi(Japanese classic short coats)and headbands carrying two traditional Japanese floats up and down the main streets of Nakasu. The highligh...
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Lake Yamanaka is one of the most famous lakes in Yamanashi Prefecture, and known as a famous point for viewing autumn...
Lake Yamanaka is one of the most famous lakes in Yamanashi Prefecture, and known as a famous point for viewing autumn leaves. "Sunset Shore and Autumn Leaves Festival" takes place at Asahigaoka Kohan Ryokuchi Park between late-October a...
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Hakata Okunchi is one of the main autumn festivals in Hakata, Fukuoka.It has about 1,200 years of history held at Kus...
Hakata Okunchi is one of the main autumn festivals in Hakata, Fukuoka.It has about 1,200 years of history held at Kushida Shrine. "kunchi" or "okunchi" is a local word used in the region to refer to autumn festivals which are held to of...
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Kurama Fire Festival (Kurama no Himatsuri), is an annual festival of Yuki shrine located in Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Ci...
Kurama Fire Festival (Kurama no Himatsuri), is an annual festival of Yuki shrine located in Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Sakyo-Ku Kurama. Every year on October 22nd, one of the three major festivals of Kyoto, the powerful "Kurama Fire ...
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Tottori Prefecture is famous for wagasa(Japanese umbrella) production. At Daisen Temple in the middle of Mt. Daise...
Tottori Prefecture is famous for wagasa(Japanese umbrella) production. At Daisen Temple in the middle of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, the "Daisen Wagasa Fantasy Nights" is held on August and October. It is the event of lighting-u...
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Held for two days on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of October, the Kawagoe Festival is Koedo-Kawagoe ’s liveliest event...
Held for two days on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of October, the Kawagoe Festival is Koedo-Kawagoe ’s liveliest event of the year. Famed for its Kurazukuri (traditional architecture) zone, this city is one of the Kanto Region’s foremost...
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Urasoe Tedako Festival is the 2-days festival, which takes place each year on October in Urasoe City, Okinawa. There...
Urasoe Tedako Festival is the 2-days festival, which takes place each year on October in Urasoe City, Okinawa. There are various events such as Three Great Urasoe Kings Festival, Tedako Dance, Young Men Eisa Performance, and Summer Youn...
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"Narita String Music Festival" entering the 25th anniversary is the event to celebrate the God of Fire and wishing fo...
"Narita String Music Festival" entering the 25th anniversary is the event to celebrate the God of Fire and wishing for prosperity. It is held as "a festival to dedicate music" in October called "autumn of the art". It is said to the gre...
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Nagoya Festival is one of the major autumn festivals in Nagoya area, started from 1955. The main event is the "Proce...
Nagoya Festival is one of the major autumn festivals in Nagoya area, started from 1955. The main event is the "Procession of the Three Feudal Lords" parade, which involves the three heroes of the Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi H...
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Itabashi Citizen's Festival is the two-days festival at Itabashi of Tokyo on October. It attracts 4.5 million people ...
Itabashi Citizen's Festival is the two-days festival at Itabashi of Tokyo on October. It attracts 4.5 million people every year. There are various events such as Samurai Procession, Awa Dance, Samba Carnival, Mikoshi Parade, Music Perfo...
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"Hakata Kenjo Dochu" is the symbolic autumn event to watch the parade of women in traditional kimono. Women clad in b...
"Hakata Kenjo Dochu" is the symbolic autumn event to watch the parade of women in traditional kimono. Women clad in black kimono and Hakata kenjo obi (a traditional local craft) will walk in procession, accompanied by men with flags and ...
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Hida Takayama is a place where high-quality Soba buckwheat seeds are produced because it is located in the cold uplan...
Hida Takayama is a place where high-quality Soba buckwheat seeds are produced because it is located in the cold upland region where there is a large difference between morning and evening temperature. New Soba noodles (shin-soba) are ...
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Bettara-ichi Pickle Fair at Nihonbashi,Tokyo is a traditional festival dates back to Edo Period. There are over 500 ...
Bettara-ichi Pickle Fair at Nihonbashi,Tokyo is a traditional festival dates back to Edo Period. There are over 500 stalls selling bettara-zuke(pickled daikon radish) and other local foods near the Takarada Ebisu Shrine for 2 days in mi...
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Matsuzaka City Cultural Asset Center(Haniwa Museum) in Mie Prefecture takes Soga Shohaku (1730-1781)'s Exhibition bet...
Matsuzaka City Cultural Asset Center(Haniwa Museum) in Mie Prefecture takes Soga Shohaku (1730-1781)'s Exhibition between Oct.19 and Dec.1, 2019. Soga Shohaku was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. And in recent years, he has been on...
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Kisarazu City in Chiba Prefecture is famous for Japanese raccoon dog, "Tanuki", which is familiar in Japanese folks t...
Kisarazu City in Chiba Prefecture is famous for Japanese raccoon dog, "Tanuki", which is familiar in Japanese folks tale. In Shojoji Temple in Kisarazu City, there is a folk tale of Tanukis and priests partying together on a moonlit nig...
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This year marks the 55th anniversary of this fireworks festival. A fireworks display titled "Manyo-no-Hibiki- Firewo...
This year marks the 55th anniversary of this fireworks festival. A fireworks display titled "Manyo-no-Hibiki- Fireworks Theater - Autumn Chapter" is about to be held by Omagari Fireworks Executive Committee to commemorate the new era of...
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At Mt. Mitake with an altitude of 929m, you can feel the sign of autumn earlier than in the center of the city. You ...
At Mt. Mitake with an altitude of 929m, you can feel the sign of autumn earlier than in the center of the city. You can easily climb up to the top of the mountain using the cable car. On the peak of Mt. Mitake settles Musashi Mitake Sh...
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A one-hour train ride and easily accessible from Tokyo, Mount Takao, standing 600 meters above sea level, is a pleasa...
A one-hour train ride and easily accessible from Tokyo, Mount Takao, standing 600 meters above sea level, is a pleasant getaway from the city, with nice hiking trails. And Mount Takao is one of the most popular spots to see autumn colors...
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Niihama Taiko Festival of Ehime Prefecture is one of the three major festivals in Shikoku Islands along with Awa Danc...
Niihama Taiko Festival of Ehime Prefecture is one of the three major festivals in Shikoku Islands along with Awa Dance Festival and Yosakoi Festival. The festival features massive Taiko drum floats(called "taiko-dai") which are lifted...
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Doburoku is a kind of Japanese sake, alcohol made from rice. And Doburoku is unfiltered or unpressed after fermentati...
Doburoku is a kind of Japanese sake, alcohol made from rice. And Doburoku is unfiltered or unpressed after fermentation, so it is sometimes called the cloudy sake. It looks like rice porridge and tastes slightly sweet, and the alcohol pe...
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Jiyugaoka in Meguro Ward is known as one of the most fashionable district in Tokyo. The Jiyugaoka Megami Festival (J...
Jiyugaoka in Meguro Ward is known as one of the most fashionable district in Tokyo. The Jiyugaoka Megami Festival (Jiyugaoka Goddess Festival) takes place each year in October around Jiyugaoka Station. It attracts nearly half a million ...
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【Cancellation in the event of stormy weather】【adjustment of schedule】 "Audience participation type" community-...
【Cancellation in the event of stormy weather】【adjustment of schedule】 "Audience participation type" community-based fireworks display, delivered by local volunteers and professional firework technicians. We sublimated conventiona...
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The Hanyu Cosmos Festival takes place each year on the second Sunday of October in Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture. A...
The Hanyu Cosmos Festival takes place each year on the second Sunday of October in Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture. Approximately three million cosmos flowers of 6 varieties are in full bloom in a 2.4 ha-wide field along the Route 386. ...
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”Setagaya Bread Festival” is Japan`s largest bread festival in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo to be held every year since 2011....
”Setagaya Bread Festival” is Japan`s largest bread festival in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo to be held every year since 2011. It will be held in 2019 on October 13th and 14th. The festival offer a variety of breads from all over Japan, food tha...
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Konosu Fireworks Festival takes place over Arakawa River in Konosu City, Saitama Prefecture. This festival is known ...
Konosu Fireworks Festival takes place over Arakawa River in Konosu City, Saitama Prefecture. This festival is known for its big scale of fireworks set off other than Tokyo's fireworks festival. The highlight of the festival is the Star...
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Shimada Obi Festival takes place only every three years at Oi Shrine in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. 2019 is th...
Shimada Obi Festival takes place only every three years at Oi Shrine in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. 2019 is the year this festival is held! In old time, women who married and come to Shimada City visited Oi Shrine to pray for the...
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“The Naha Tug of War" is an event at the annual festival held in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. Its roots may be dated back to...
“The Naha Tug of War" is an event at the annual festival held in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. Its roots may be dated back to the 1450s to pray for good harvest and to ward off evil. This event takes place every three days during a weekend in Oc...
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