Tag: Matsuri

• Kōnomiya Hadaka Matsuri – Naked Man Festival

  

  I’ve never been to the main event. Mainly because it’s usually takes place at around 3 am in early February with thousands of people and the occasional death. It was also postponed for a few years due to the pandemic but things got back to normal last year.

  Sean

  February 6, 2023

  Festivals, Japan

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• Festival: Gujo Matsuri

  

  The big brother/sister to the Shirotori Festival is the Gujo Hachiman festival just a few kilometres south in central Gifu.

  Sean

  September 14, 2022

  Festivals, Gifu, Japan

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• Festival: Shirotori

  

  The Shirotori Obon Dance was held every summer for over 400 years in central Gifu until the pandemic changed everything.

  Sean

  August 2, 2022

  Festivals, Gifu, Japan

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• Cycling: Slowing Down

  

  After I’d finished I sat waiting a couple of kilometres from where the festival was about to start at a michi-no-eki and I wondered why I hadn’t just jumped in the car with everyone else.

  Sean

  August 31, 2020

  Cycling, Japan

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• Festivals: Awa Odori 2010

  

  Went to the Awa Odori Festival in Tokushima, Shikoku over the weekend. It’s easily the best festival I’ve ever been to and it never disappoints. I used to live in central Tokushima and think it’s one of the better cities in Japan to live in. Great people, easy to get around, and of course the…

  Sean

  August 16, 2010

  Festivals, Photography, Travel

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