Three major festivals in Japan

1. Kyoto Arrival Festival (July 1-29), when the streets are filled with the melodious tunes of flutes, drums, and shamisen (three-stringed musical instruments), the festival is held with great excitement. From dusk, 3,000 geisha dress up as people from different eras and classes and parade in costume, and on the 29th, the festival concludes with the Shinto ritual of the end of the festival, which lasts for a month.

2. Tokyo Sanno Matsuri (every other year on June 13 or 14), in Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, there is a magnificent shrine, Hie Shrine. The Sanno Matsuri, one of the three famous festivals in Japan, is the grand festival of this shrine. On June 13th or 14th, a long line of magnificent yama-cars and mikoshi (portable shrines) fills the streets, and crowds of people carry the mikoshi and yama-cars and parade them in costume to the sound of beautiful music, making it a popular event for onlookers.

3, Osaka Tenjin Festival (July 24, 25), Osaka City, the southern end of the northern district of Osaka City, there is a beautiful river - Dojima River, July 24, 25 evening, Dojima River, hundreds of colorful boats, boats lined up all over the river, the head of the boat carrying a big drum, followed by a band carrying the band of the "son of the boat. The first boat carries a big drum and is followed by a band-carrying "Zi Boat," a "Bon Boat" with pine oil torches, and a variety of colorful boats.

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The Kanda Matsuri festival is held on Saturdays around May 15th. The festival starts at 8:00 a.m. in the morning and is divided into three groups that march solemnly in ancient costumes. In the procession, four female priestesses and a maiden playwright carry flowers and perform rituals near the Higashi Nihonbashi Bridge. Before arriving at Mitsukoshi Headquarters at 4:00 p.m., the parade is joined by a procession of the emperor's carriage, a trailer, and samurai. It ends at 7 p.m.

A must-see on odd-numbered years is the Saturday parade. The procession consists of about 300 people and passes through the center of Tokyo, including Kanda, Nihonbashi, Otemachi and Marunouchi. The parade is a grand spectacle with mikoshi (portable shrines) with phoenixes and other ornaments hanging from the eaves, various floats, and shrine priests sitting on horses. On Sunday, nearly 100 mikoshi (portable shrines) of various sizes from various towns gather at Kanda Myojin.

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