If you go to Japan in summer, I recommend some Japanese summer festival.
Nebuta Festival in Aomori
This festival is one of the famous festival in Japan.
02/08/2025~07/08/2025
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The epitome of Aomori's summer, the Nebuta Festival is one of the most famous festivals in Japan, attracting thousands of visitors.
The main attraction is large, colorful and dramatic human-shaped floats called Nebuta, 9 meters wide, 7 meters deep and 5 meters high, most of them resembling ancient warlords, historical characters and kabuki characters in early days.
These floats parade through the streets of Aomori, with Haneto dancers bouncing down the streets to the exciting music of Nebuta bayashi bands.
Sendai Tanabata Festival
06/08/205~08/08/2025
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仙台七夕まつり – 伊達政宗公の時代より続く、日本一の七夕。
The Tanabata Festival originally spread across the country as an event on the 7th day of the 7th month according to the lunar calendar. In the Sendai Tanabata Festival, a mid-calendar that is one month delayed from the new calendar is used to match the seasonal feeling, and it is currently held from August 6th to 8th. Nowadays, over 2 million people visit Sendai every year to enjoy the bamboo decorations that adorn the city.
Kyoto Gion Festival
This festival, what is a bit dangerous and it will be held from 01/07 to 31/07, is one of the most festival in Kyoto.
This festival has special one that is a bit dengerous becouse sometimes someone gets injured.
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17/07 and 24/07 is the most famous day becouse you can see Yamahoko.
Yamahoko is lots of objects that is called Dashi are moved byots of Japanese men and it will move really dynamic.
In the night, the Yamahoko is light up. It must show you different between daytime.
Tokushima Awaodori
Awaodori means Awa dance that is Japaense traditional dance.
11/08/2025~15/08/2025
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The Awa Odori is a traditional performance art that boasts a history of over 400 years, proudly representing Tokushima to the world. Nowadays, Awa Odori events are held nationwide, including in Koenji (Tokyo) and Minamikoshigaya (Saitama), as part of town revitalization efforts. However, in its birthplace, Tokushima City, the event attracts over one million tourists from both domestic and international locations every year from August 11th to 15th, making it one of Japan's largest events. Additionally, there is the Awa Odori Hall in the city center, where visitors can enjoy Awa Odori throughout the year, allowing people to experience its charm at any time.
Akita Kantou Festival
03/08~06/08
This is a one of the famous festival in Japan.
Some men has a Kantou with very good balance .
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秋田竿燈まつり-Akita Kanto Festival-公式ホームページ
The prototype of the Kanto Festival is said to have been created in the Horeki era as a neburi nagashi event to ward off summer illnesses and evil spirits.
The oldest document that remains today is Tsumura Soan's travel writing "Snowy Road" from 1789, which describes the neburi nagashi, which took place on the 6th of the seventh lunar month. At this time, it was already known as a unique Akita custom, and the original form of the kanto is described in the writings of people holding long poles in a cross shape, attaching numerous lanterns to them, and parading through the town while beating drums, with as many as two or three lanterns in total.
Originally, the neburi nagashi, which has been passed down around Akita City since before the feudal era, involved decorating bamboo or alder trees with strips of paper with wishes written on them, parading through the town, and finally releasing them into the river. It is said that this developed into a unique event when it was combined with the popularity of candles in the Horeki era and the tall lanterns hung in front of gates during Obon.
This link jump to my post that is written about famous Japanese Firework Festival
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