What are the interesting rural cultures in Japan?

Japan is a country that attaches great importance to cultural heritage, so many special cultural customs have been born. This paper introduces several unique and interesting rural cultures in Japan, mainly fireworks, mascot culture and manhole cover culture.

In animation, we often see the hero and heroine wearing bathrobes to attend the fireworks show. Their feelings also warmed up under the brilliant fireworks. Fireworks Festival is a traditional custom in Japan, which basically starts at the end of summer every year. Participants will wear bathrobes and comb traditional Japanese hairstyles. Fireworks show is very popular, and many people need to occupy seats in advance to have a good viewing position. Every county in Japan has a different fireworks festival. After attending this, many people will rush to the next one and enjoy the happy time of their families and lovers. This is a very romantic custom.

Mascot culture should be a very interesting cultural form unique to Japan. Every county in Japan will launch an interesting and lovely mascot, and a mascot contest will be held every year. Each county can be described as showing its magic power and creating a new competitive situation. Kumamon, which we are familiar with, is the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, and it has also brought a lot of tourism economic income and world popularity to Kumamoto Prefecture.

The so-called manhole cover is actually the manhole cover of our usual sewer. But the Japanese will paint the manhole cover with beautiful patterns. Every county is different, and there will be some county-specific patterns. This also makes these manhole covers look like interesting paintings and works of art, and has also become an interesting attraction for traveling to Japan.