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Nagasaki Lantern Festival…の続きを読む

Hakozaki Shrine founded in 923, is one of the three great Hachiman shrines in Japan along with the Usa Shrine.        It is one of the representative shrines of Fukuoka-city and the place where many people come …

Hakozaki Shrine…の続きを読む

Hakata Dontaku Festival, the name Dontaku is a corruption of the Dutch word  Zontag, meaning Sunday. The festival is said to have started as a New Year parade of merchants going  to the local lord’s residence to celebrat …

Hakata Dontaku Festival…の続きを読む

  Tamaseseri, a lively New Year’s Festival held on January,  at Hakozaki Shrine in Fukuoka-city, including a traditional form of fortune-telling.         　 Several hundred men wearing lion cloths compete on pi …

Tamaseseri / wooden ball catching festiv…の続きを読む

Hojoya is the festival held Hakozaki Shrine to celebration of all living creatures.  It has a history of over 1000 years.        Hundred of doves and carp will be released on September 18 in reverence  of all living thin …

Hojoya…の続きを読む

Nagasaki Kunchi is one of big-three festival in Japan, held on October 7 to 9 at Suwa Shrine. The festival features Chinese dance including Ja-odori (Snake dance), this time dancing all around the city but especially at …

Nagasaki Kunchi…の続きを読む

  Kokura Gion Daiko is a summer festivals in which the main attraction is the playing the drums. In 1958 the event was designated as an intangible folk cultural asset of Fukuoka prefecture. On July 1st the Kokura Gi …

Kokura Gion Daiko (小倉祇園太鼓）…の続きを読む

  Tamaseseri / wooden ball catching festival   Fukuoka, January New Year’s Festival held in January, at Hakozaki Shrine A traditional form of fortune-telling, several hundred men  wearing lion cloths compete o …

Festivals & Events in Kyushu…の続きを読む

Sumo is a Japanese traditional martial art, which is the match of two Sumo  wrestlers in the round ring called Dohyo. The winner is one who first makes his opponent step outside of the ring or  into touching the ground w …

Sumo…の続きを読む

  Japan is a destination like no other. You will find a lot of things which you have never seen,   never eaten or experienced.     Cuisines & Beverages   Japan is a foodie’s paradise, with some o …

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