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The Iizuna Fire Festival (飯綱火まつり) is dedicated to the Shugendo practice of going up the mountain for training. Shugendo was a religion that was widely practiced from the 7th century up to the early 17...

Summer in Japan is synonymous with heat, humidity, and more enticingly, festivals! While ‘matsuri’ (festivals) take place throughout the year and for countless (often obscure) reasons summer is the s...

The Rokaku-lake Fireworks and Lantern Float Festival (ろうかく湖灯籠流しと花火大会) is held in Shinshu Shinmachi, a town in the suburban area of Nagano-city. The festival has been celebrated every year on August 1...

The Daidogei Street Performance Festival (ながの大道芸フェスティバル) is held on the Chuo Street beginning near the station and going all the way up to the Zenko-ji Temple and the Gondo Arcade Street, which is adj...

Kawanakajima Battlefield fireworks festival (川中島古戦場まつり) was originally held for the purpose of reposing the souls of those who died in a battle fought over 450 years ago. Between the 16th to 17th cent...

The second of two annual festivals in Matsushiro – along with the Spring Cherry Blossom Festival – the Matsushiro Autumn Sanada Clan Jumangoku Festival is an elaborate celebration of the town’s samur...