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Tokyo: Shinjuku Gyoen Kikukadan-ten

Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Admission is ¥200. Please enter by 4 p.m.. Schedule & Key events: ● daily 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Location: Shinjuku Gyoen, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Access: Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line to Shinjuku Gyoen-mae Sta. (M10)(Exit 1) and then walk 5min. Festival information compiled in cooperation with the Tourist Information ...

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Tokyo: Shichi-go-san

Many children and their parents or families visit shrines usually on Saturdays and Sundays around Nov. 15. Schedule & Key events: ● Nov. 15  daytime Location: Meiji-jingu Shrine, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Access: (1) JR Yamanote Line to Harajuku Sta. (Omotesando Exit), and then walk 5 min. (2) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda ...

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Hiroshima: Hi-watari Shiki

Hi-watari Shiki, rigorous religious practice of walking on burnt charcoals in the temple's ground. Schedule & Key events: from 11 a.m.: Ritual pray for protection from illness and disaster 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Hi-watari Shiki Location: Daisho'in Temple, Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Access: (1) JR Sanyo Honsen Line to ...

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Tokyo: Jindai Shokubutsu Koen Kikka Taikai

Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Admission to the garden is ¥500. Please enter by 4 p.m.. The garden is closed on every Monday. Schedule & Key events: ● daily 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: Jindai Botanical Garden, Chofu, Tokyo Access: (1) Keio Line to Chofu Sta. (North Exit). From there, take ...

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Tokyo: Meiji-jingu Kikka-ten

Summay: Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Admission is free. Schedule & Key events: ● daily 6:10 a.m.-4:10 p.m. Location: Meiji-jingu Shrine, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Access: (1) JR Yamanote Line to Harajuku Sta.(Omotesando Exit), and then walk 5 min. (2) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda or Fukutoshin Line to Meiji-Jingumae Sta. (C03, F15)(Exit 2), and ...

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Tokyo: Kameido Tenjin Kiku Matsuri

Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Admission is free. Schedule & Key events: ● daily 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Location: Kameido Tenjin Shrine, Koto-ku, Tokyo Access: (1) JR Sobu Line to Kameido Sta. (North Exit), and then walk 15 min. (2) JR Sobu Line or Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line to ...

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Tokyo: Tokyo-to Kanko Kikka Taikai

Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Admission is free. Schedule & Key events: ● Nov. 1-Nov. 22 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ● Nov. 23 10 a.m.-noon Location: Hibiya Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Access: Tokyo Metro Hibiya, Chiyoda Line or Toei Mita Subway Line to Hibiya Sta. ...

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Tokyo: Yushima Tenjin Kiku Maturi

Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Life-size dolls made of chrysanthemum flowers are also exhibited. Admission is free. Schedule & Key events: ● daily 6 a.m.-sunset Location: Yushima Tenjin Shrine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Access: (1) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line to Yushima Sta. (C13)(Exit 3), and then walk 2 min. (2) Tokyo Metro Ginza ...

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Nagano: Bunka Bunsei Fuzoku Emaki-no Gyoretsu

Festival featuring a procession of people dressed as warriors, postmen, priests, pilgrims, merchants' daughters, farmers, comb venders and so on of the Edo period along Nakasendo (old highway). Schedule & Key events: 10:30 a.m. Procession starts from Nagiso-machi Sogo Ground noon Procession stops ...

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Nagano: Nagano Ebisu-ko Enka Taikai

Fireworks Display with over 12,000 fireworks. It is held in late autumn unlike the other fireworks displays which usually take place in high summer. This fireworks display dates back to the feudal times, and people in Nagano boast the skills required to make huge ...

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Miyazaki: Shinwa-no Takachiho Yo-kagura Matsuri

Mythology performed by Shinto dance at night. There are 33 mythological plays of kagura to be dedicated to the shrine. Schedule & Key events: ● Nov. 22 6 p.m.-11 p.m. ● Nov. 23 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Location: Takachiho-jinja Shrine, Takachiho-cho, Miyazaki Access: JR Nipo Honsen Line to Nobeoka ...

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Kumamoto: Yatsushiro Myoken-Sai

Festival with a 400-year history, noted for a long procession, designated as one of the National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties and registered as the Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. This festival features the procession of shishi lion, 12 kazari-uma (decorated horses), warriors, ...

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Yatsushiro Myoken Festival 2018

Yatsushiro Myoken Festival 2018

Kyushu's three greatest festivals welcome millions of revelers annually. This year's last will be held on Nov. 22 and 23 in the city of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture. The Yatsushiro Myoken Festival began nearly 400 years ago and is registered by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural ...

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Ibaraki: Kasama-no Kiku Matsuri

Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Around 10,000 of potted chrysanthemums and dolls made of chrysanthemum are exhibited in the shrine precincts. Japanese traditional performing arts, such as bugaku (Ancient court dance with music) and yabusame are also performed during the festival period. Admission to the exhibition of chrysanthemum ...

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Tokyo: Tori-no-Ichi

Good Luck Rake Fair, held on each Day of the Rooster in November every year. Decorative kumade (bamboo rakes) are sold at dozens of stalls. Ohayashi (Festival music) is performed during the festival period. Schedule & Key events: ● Nov. 1, 13 & 25 ...

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Fukuoka: Ozumo Juichigatsu Basho

Grand Sumo Tournament. Dohyo-iri (the ring-entering ceremonies) by yokozuna (the grand champions) take place around 3:45 p.m. daily. Then the main matches by maku-uchi (upper-rank Sumo wrestlers) start. Advance tickets are sold at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Ticket Pia, convenience stores, and so on. Unreserved-seat ...

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