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Paantu Festival in Okinawa

Paantu Festival in Okinawa

Sarah Koh

Okinawa's Miyakojima island celebrates the Paantu festival – an ancient form of exorcism involving supernatural creatures, ma...

Okinawa
Light of Hope

Light of Hope

Lynda Hogan

Each month for two weeks Gyoda City has a floral water font (hanachozu) event. For one night during those two weeks they also...

Saitama
Huis Ten Bosch Fireworks Festival

Huis Ten Bosch Fireworks Festival

Kim

Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and the venue is hosting a massive fireworks ...

Nagasaki
Otsu Festival

Otsu Festival

Cathy Cawood

Otsu Matsuri takes place in early October and features thirteen ornate floats with ingenious mechanical puppets.

Shiga
Warai Festival

Warai Festival

José Manuel Zardain

Warai festival is celebrated every year at Niu shrine in Wakayama. The leader, dressed as clown, guides the participants to t...

Oita
Saijo Sake Festival

Saijo Sake Festival

Ciara Long

Two days of food stalls, live music, entertainment and over 900 types of sake from all over Japan.

Hiroshima

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