Tag: Matsuri
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…