MIYAKO ODORI
Kyoto
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
All the grace of the geisha put forward in beautiful traditional dances to celebrate the ...Read more
TAKIGI NOH
Kyoto
Festival and cultural event
The No, Japan's oldest theatre, is honoured at the Takigi Noh festival, where the troupes play ...Read more
KISHIWADA DANJIRI MATSURI
Ōsaka
Parade
Since 1703, this danjiri parade, these wooden floats pulled by euphoric festival-goers in an ...Read more
HANAYU MATSURI
Misasa
Festival and cultural event
For two days, the small spa town of Misasa is the scene of an ancestral tradition of giant ...Read more