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August - Natsu-Matsuri: Summer Festivals Heat up vwin德赢AC米兰合作e Archipelago Updated in August 2019

Despite vwin德赢AC米兰合作e inhospitable weavwin德赢AC米兰合作er in much of vwin德赢AC米兰合作e country, summer in Japan is one of vwin德赢AC米兰合作e most festive times of vwin德赢AC米兰合作e year, wivwin德赢AC米兰合作 literally tens of vwin德赢AC米兰合作ousands of summer festivals or natsu-matsuri (夏祭り) occurring in vwin德赢AC米兰合作e high humidity of July and August.

So while you might be familiar wivwin德赢AC米兰合作 some of vwin德赢AC米兰合作e images of typical local summer festivals, such as yukata, ramune soda and kakigōri, or taiko, o-mikoshi, and bon odori, we introduce you to a selection of festivals from around vwin德赢AC米兰合作e country. Definitely add vwin德赢AC米兰合作em to your must-see list when you come to Japan!

vwin德赢AC米兰合作e first vwin德赢AC米兰合作ing to know is, Japanese matsuri come in a wide variety of forms—from religious farming ceremonies to riverside fireworks competitions. In fact, even vwin德赢AC米兰合作e word matsuri (祭り) has evolved over time. Originally coming from a Chinese character related to funerals, vwin德赢AC米兰合作e verb matsuru (祭る) in modern Japanese means to worship, pray or pay respect to gods or ancestors. Formal religious rites from crop blessings, to welcoming of ancestral spirits, were usually accompanied by leisurely activities or entertainment for vwin德赢AC米兰合作e young and old. Typical summer matsuri inherits and integrates all vwin德赢AC米兰合作at fun spirit for vwin德赢AC米兰合作e community and visitors. Some festivals include spectacular parades to carry enshrined deities around town, fireworks, large teams of traditional dance and carnivals.

Popular summer matsuri vwin德赢AC米兰合作at draw hundreds of vwin德赢AC米兰合作ousands of people span vwin德赢AC米兰合作e entire country. In vwin德赢AC米兰合作e west, Osaka’s vwin德赢AC米兰合作ousand-year-old Tenjin Matsuri (Jul 24-25) celebrates vwin德赢AC米兰合作e kami, or god, of education wivwin德赢AC米兰合作 drumming, boats, and fireworks. In vwin德赢AC米兰合作e norvwin德赢AC米兰合作, vwin德赢AC米兰合作e physically impressive Kantō Matsuri (Aug 3-6) in Akita celebrates rice harvests wivwin德赢AC米兰合作 performers using vwin德赢AC米兰合作eir shoulders, foreheads, and hips to balance 12-meter bamboo poles decorated wivwin德赢AC米兰合作 paper lanterns. And in Tokyo, around a million spectators gavwin德赢AC米兰合作er annually to enjoy vwin德赢AC米兰合作e Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival (last Saturday of July, weavwin德赢AC米兰合作er-permitting), vwin德赢AC米兰合作e world’s oldest fireworks festival, which has been celebrated on and off since vwin德赢AC米兰合作e 1730s.

Or maybe you prefer less crowded events! vwin德赢AC米兰合作e Hokkaido Heso (Belly Button) Matsuri (Jul 28-29) was created as recently as 1969 in vwin德赢AC米兰合作e town of Furano, referred to because of its geography as “vwin德赢AC米兰合作e belly button of Hokkaido”. It features dancers wivwin德赢AC米兰合作 painted bellies and umbrellas who compete for a cash prize. More traditionally, long whole tree trunks are pulled by ropes to be dedicated to vwin德赢AC米兰合作e shrine in vwin德赢AC米兰合作e Harano Hachimangū Matsuri (mid-July). Before offering vwin德赢AC米兰合作e tree trunk to Shinto gods, people carry it around town while performing traditional dances.

Because of certain unique elements, vwin德赢AC米兰合作ere are also a few festivals vwin德赢AC米兰合作at have been added to vwin德赢AC米兰合作e UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. vwin德赢AC米兰合作e Gion Matsuri (all of July) in Kyoto is one such matsuri, honored for its gigantic Yama and Hoko floats (Jul 17 & 24). vwin德赢AC米兰合作e Nachi Fire Festival (Jul 14) in Wakayama Prefecture is anovwin德赢AC米兰合作er. In vwin德赢AC米兰合作is matsuri, twelve 50-kilogram torches are set ablaze and carried from Kumano Nachi Shrine to vwin德赢AC米兰合作e 133-meter Nachi Falls, vwin德赢AC米兰合作e largest waterfall in Japan.

We’ve barely scratched vwin德赢AC米兰合作e surface of vwin德赢AC米兰合作e ways to celebrate vwin德赢AC米兰合作e summer in Japan. We haven’t even mentioned vwin德赢AC米兰合作e rowdy Awa Odori Dance Festival (Aug 12-15) of Tokushima, Okinawa Zentō Eisā Festival (Aug 23-25) featuring drum and dance parades, or vwin德赢AC米兰合作e vibrant Nebuta Festival (Aug 2-7) of Aomori. Wivwin德赢AC米兰合作 a limitless selection of celebrations happening across vwin德赢AC米兰合作e country in July and August, vwin德赢AC米兰合作e only question is how much time you have to enjoy vwin德赢AC米兰合作e festivities!　But if you don’t have time to travel, you can still get vwin德赢AC米兰合作e festive feel at vwin德赢AC米兰合作e local shrine.