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The ceremony was held on the 7th day of Yakushiji Temple Hanaeshiki Festival. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK) This is JAPAN Style!

Miki took this picture with the Ice Lantern festival which started at 6:00 pm at Himuro Shrine. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Baby’s lively crying face gives smile to everyone. Nigatsudo at Todaiji held ‘Dattanbo Idtadakase’, a ceremony putting the Dattanbo hat on baby’s head. It is believed to protect the baby…

‘Onda Festival’ at Asukaniimasu Shrine is one of the 3 Japanese strange festivals. Getting hit the bottom with a Sasara (stripped bamboo stick) is believed to protect the person against…

March 3 was the Girls’ day. Families with daughters decorate special dolls. Miki took the picture of the dolls in Tosakaido in Takatori, Nara.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

Curls of smokes of incense clear away with the thoughts of people who are commemorating. Miki took this picture at Kinpusenji Temple (in Yoshino, a World Heritage site).  Copyright(C) Miki…

It is said that the origin of it is a festival to appease the spirits of the dead in the large keyhole-shaped tomb mound (Uguisuzuka) located on the summit of…

The festival was held at Dadado in Nenbutsuji Temple. The festival has been designated a significant intangible folk cultural asset of the country. It is holy fire for invocation operated…

The Doll’s Festival, also known as Girls’ Day is coming this Thursday. Many households which have small girls in the members decorate hina-ningyo dolls in their houses. But it is…

    Karatsu ware is pottery produced in and around Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, and has been rising in fame as tea utensils. The characteristics of Karatsu are the earthy, tight…