Category: Festivals (Page 14 of 26)

Horse archery

 

Yabusame Archers of the Lonely Chugoku Mountains
BY STEVE JOHN POWELL   JUL 19, 2014   Japan Times

What are those peculiar scarecrow figures, lolling about the villages of the Chugoku Mountains?  Is that a man fishing from a bridge? A … Read the rest

Happy summer solstice

For Jinja Honcho, Association of Shrines, the summer solstice is one of the ‘major annual household events in Japan’.  Around June 21 is Geshi (the Summer Solstice), they say, “The day when the daytime is the longest and nighttime shortest.”  … Read the rest

Aoi procession

 

On May 15 the oldest of Kyoto’s Big Three Festivals takes place.  The Aoi Matsuri is the city’s big spring event; the Gion Matsuri is the summer bonanza; and the Jidai Matsuri is the autumnal offering.  In winter we … Read the rest

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