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Kaizu Rikishi Matsuri Festival 海津力士まつり
Kaizu Rikishi Matsuri Festival 海津力士まつり photojpn - 22 views - 3 days ago
Held annually on April 29 by Kaizuten Jinja Shrine in Makino, Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, this local festival features men dressed as sumo wrestlers (rikishi) carrying two mikoshi portable shrines around their respective neighborhoods. They wear kesho mawashi ceremonial aprons. They jostle the mikoshi during the day, and then at night they go to the shrine for the festival climax with lit torches. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=140
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Naginata Odori Festival 長刀踊り まつり
Naginata Odori Festival 長刀踊り まつり photojpn - 17 views - 3 days ago
Held annually on May 5 by Azu Jinja Shrine in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, the festival consists of dances and music by children, taiko drumming, a naginata dance and acrobatics by boys using a pole sword, and a roundtrip procession from Azu Shrine to Azu Wakamiya Shrine. Video shot on May 5, 2009. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=128
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Sushikiri Matsuri Festival すし切りまつり
Sushikiri Matsuri Festival すし切りまつり photojpn - 7 views - 3 days ago
Held every May 5 at Shimoniikawa Shrine in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, an unusual festival with two young lads cutting funa-zushi fermented fish (crucian carp native to Lake Biwa) as an offering. This video was shot on May 5, 2009. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=195
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Float Festivals (11)
Kyoto Gion Matsuri Festival 祇園祭り
Kyoto Gion Matsuri Festival 祇園祭り photojpn - 5,276 views - 2 years ago
One of Kyoto's Big Three Festivals with ornate floats pulled along the streets of Kyoto, Japan in July. Footage shows people pulling a float and later when they turn the corner in front of Kyoto City Hall. Also see photos here: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=336
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Otsu Matsuri Part 1/2 大津祭 宵宮
Otsu Matsuri Part 1/2 大津祭 宵宮 photojpn - 372 views - 7 months ago
On the evening before the Otsu Matsuri Festival held annually in Oct. in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, the Yoimiya Festival eve is held in the evening from 6 pm to 9 pm. Some 13 festival floats are lit and displayed in the central streets of the city. Festival musicians also play on the ornate floats. This video was taken on Oct. 11, 2008. http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=29
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Otsu Matsuri Part 2/2 大津祭
Otsu Matsuri Part 2/2 大津祭 photojpn - 320 views - 5 months ago
One of Shiga Prefecture's major festivals featuring thirteen ornate floats displayed and paraded around central Otsu over two days before Sports Day, a national holiday around Oct. 10. The second day is the festival climax with a procession of all the floats highlighted by performances by karakuri mechanical dolls on the floats. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=29
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Transportation (10)
Yamanote Line at Tokyo Station
Yamanote Line at Tokyo Station photojpn - 88,820 views - 2 years ago
Tokyo's most popular train line arrives and departs Tokyo Station during off-peak hours. BTW, the yellow line near the platform edge actually has bumps--for blind people. ("What is that bumpy yellow stripe for?" is a frequently asked question by friends who visit me in Tokyo.) Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=535
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Shinkansen leaving Tokyo Station
Shinkansen leaving Tokyo Station photojpn - 94,918 views - 2 years ago
The sleek Tokaido shinkansen Nozomi bullet train leaves Tokyo Station. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=535
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Lowrider Car Show Japan Tour 2008, Hydraulics Competition
Lowrider Car Show Japan Tour 2008, Hydraulics Competition photojpn - 12,420 views - 5 months ago
On Nov. 23, 2008, the Lowrider Car Show Japan Tour 2008's Final show was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba (near Tokyo). The show featured an impressive hydraulics competition where cars hopped and danced. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=720
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Osaka Tenjin Matsuri Festival 天神祭
Osaka Tenjin Matsuri Festival 天神祭 photojpn - 3,077 views - 2 years ago
Osaka's biggest summer festival during July 24-25 features a Land Procession of 3,000 people and a Boat Procession with 100 boats on the Okawa River at night. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=552
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Kyoto Gion Matsuri Festival 祇園祭り
Kyoto Gion Matsuri Festival 祇園祭り photojpn - 5,276 views - 2 years ago
One of Kyoto's Big Three Festivals with ornate floats pulled along the streets of Kyoto, Japan in July. Footage shows people pulling a float and later when they turn the corner in front of Kyoto City Hall. Also see photos here: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumb nails.php?album=336
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Deer chasing girls at Nara Park, Japan 奈良公園
Deer chasing girls at Nara Park, Japan 奈良公園 photojpn - 4,066 views - 2 years ago
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Nara Park is famous for deer roaming around freely. They like to prey on whoever has food.
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Held annually on May 5 by Azu Jinja Shrine in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, the festival consists of dances and music by children, taiko drumm...   more
 
 
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Held on May 2-4, three ornate hikiyama floats are displayed and paraded around town. Young boys also perform in kabuki plays on the floats. May 3 i...   more
 
 
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Held annually on May 3 by a few Shinto shrines in Ryuo and neighboring Higashi-Omi in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, the Kenketo Festival is mainly a nag...   more
 
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