Japan festivals and events july 2013

JAPAN FESTIVALS AND EVENTS JULY 2013 Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival Date: july 1 to july 15 Place: Fukuoka Men carrying yamakasa, which are large 1-ton floats elaborately decorated for this festival, race through the streets of Hakata at full speed. Nachi no Hi Matsuri Date : 15 th july Place: Wakayama Nachi-no-Hi-Matsuri, which is one of the three largest fire festivals of Japan, is staged in the Kumano mountains of Wakayama Prefecture, an area registered as a World Heritage Site. Gion Matsuri Giốn Matsuri Date: 1 july to 24 july Place: Kyoto The Gion Matsuri, familiarly known as 'Gion-san,' is a festival held at Yasaka-jinja Shrine, and the highlight is the splendid pageant of some 30 floats called yamaboko proceeding along the main streets of Kyoto on the 17th. Warei Taisai Festival & Uwajima Ushi-Oni Matsuri JTB-C943-000712N - (c) - JTB F Date: 22 july to 24 july Place: Ehime The biggest attraction is the heroic mikoshi (portable shrine) event called Hashirikomi held on the evening of the 24th. Soma-Nomaoi (Wild Horse Racing) Date: 23 july to 25 july Place: Fukushima A 1,000-year-old the Warring States Period to the present day. ditional stival which introduces the code of the samurai of