Recommended Matsuri Events in Japan 2019

Japan organizes a variety of events every year, also known as festivals, and these events have their own characteristics, much loved by the locals, we also like to go to, so let's take a look at a few festivals!

1. Kyoto_En Matsuri

Kyoto_En Matsuri is one of the famous festivals in Japan. It is a month-long festival held in July every year, and one of the most famous events is the "Yama-parade (float parade)" that takes place on July 17 and 24 along Kawaramachi and Goike Street.

2. Tokushima Awa Odori

The Awa Odori dance is the largest traditional dance festival in Japan and is held from August 12 to 15 every year. Men, women and children, young and old, dressed in summer cotton yukata (yukata) and straw hats, dance in the streets of Tokushima City, with more than one million people attending. If you are interested, you can join the crowd and dance to the rhythmic music.

3. Tokyo Kanda Matsuri

The Kanda Matsuri is one of Tokyo's most famous festivals, and is held in May every year and is organized by the Kanda Myojin Shrine. The most lively event is in mid-May, when thousands of people carry a portable shrine around the Kanda, Nihonbashi, and Akihabara districts in the morning, before returning to the shrine in the evening.

4. Hokkaido Snow Festival, the White Carnival

The Hokkaido Snow Festival is held in February every year, and the tradition began in 1950 with six ice sculptures made by local high school students, and has become a well-known international ice sculpture competition.

5. Aomori Sandman Festival (NebutaMatsuri)

The Aomori Sandman Festival is held every year from Aug. 2 to 7, and the nebuta refers to the giant lanterns depicting a variety of traditional and historical figures surrounded by thousands of dancers, and the parade continues to circle the downtown area for several hours after the sun sets. for hours.

6. Osaka Kishiwada Matsuri (DanjiriMatsuri)

The Kishiwada Matsuri is one of the most exciting festivals in Japan and is held annually in Kishiwada, Osaka, in mid-September. The danjiri are wooden floats, almost all of which weigh 3,000 kilograms or more, and are carried by dozens of people at great speed. The danjiri are pulled by dozens of people at very high speeds, and the conductor dances while standing on top of the danjiri.

7. Osaka Tenjin Matsuri

Tenjin Matsuri is a festival held at Osaka Tenmangu Shrine on July 24 and 25 every year, and the main event is the land and water parade on the second day, which is a joyous festival with illuminated water parade boats reflecting on the river and fireworks.

8. Kochi Yosakoi Matsuri

The Kochi Yosakoi Matsuri is held in mid-August every year, and originated from the Naruko Odori dance invented by the local people in 1954 to publicize the festival, which is accompanied by the traditional Kochi ballad, "Yosakoi Matsuri. The Naruko Dance, which is based on the traditional Kochi folk song "Yosakoi Matsuri," is performed to fast-paced music, with participants carrying the famous "Naruko" rattle boards.

9. Sendai Tanabata Festival in Miyagi Prefecture

The Tanabata Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is held from August 6 to 8 every year, and is based on the Chinese legend of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, and during the festival thousands of colorful Tanabata decorations are put up in the streets.

10. Fukuoka Hakata Dotaku Matsuri (Dontaku Matsuri)

Fukuoka Hakata Dotaku Matsuri is held on May 3 and 4 every year, and is also known as Hakata Dotaku Harbor Festival because many of the events are held in the harbor. Hakata Dotaku Festival is also known as Hakata Dotaku Harbor Festival because many events are held near the harbor.

If you are interested, then go to the festival! It's very Japanese and fun!