Most of festivals of Japan are festivals of shrines.And other traditional
festivals are connected with Buddhism ceremonies.However, there
are also many modern festivals like Opening of the port commemoration
festival in Yokohama.Autumn festivals perform in various parts of
Japan celebrating the harvest of riceExceptionally there are festivals
of winter like "the festival of the night of Chichibu."In
Tokyo and other large cities, there are grand scale festivals of
shrines in summer. In these cases festivals perform with Mikoshis@(vehicle
of God) and Dashis( decorated vehicle).Moreover, to some festivals
crowd's dances or warrior procession are performed.When visitors
want to know old customs and folk customs in Japan, festivals are
best places for them.Although there are still few English sites
of festivals, but Japan plaza is expecting that English sites of
festivals will increase in number.
Hakata Dontaku of Fukuoka
city had started in 1179 and after Second World War this festival
has been performed on 3 or 4th of May as a festival of reconstruction.
At first, Yosakoi festival
was an authentic Japanese-style Bon festival with Bon dancing
form, but today many young persons participate with dancing
of Rock, Samba, and it is carried out for four days from August
9.
The "Danjiri festival"
opened from October 24 to 26th in Kuse town of Okayama Prefecture,
there are ten sets of a mikoshi of five shrines, and Danjiris
which carry out parades all around the towns, and on that
night Danjiris quarrel are sublime.
Outline This festival
performs from November 3 to 5th in Fujinomiya city, located
at the foot of Mt. Fuji. It is an autumn festival of Fuji
Sengen Jinja with many floats.
Saioh festival is
performed in Meiwa town of Mie prefecture, on the 2nd
of June a previous night festival is held and on the
3rd of June the Holly virgin's purification ceremony
is done. After this ceremony the vehicle of the Holy
virgin of Ise Shrine that is surrounded by many court
ladies carries out a parade.
The Akita paper
lantern festival that is an important folk-custom and
cultural property shows a fine play to which men manipulate
a paper lantern tied up to 64 paper lanterns. This festival
performs from August 3rd to 5th.
It is the festival
of the Mituisi shrine performed from August 1st to 3rd.
There is a tradition of a demon and a megalith in this
shrine. This festival started in the time of Han. 20,000
dancers dance forcibly by the accompaniment of whistles
and drums.
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