Jidai Matsuri Festival （時代祭り）
The highlight of Jidai Matsuri is about 2,000 people dressed in costumes representing various eras of Kyoto’s 1,200-year history parade through the city.
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Kurama Fire Festival
The Kurama Fire Festival is counted as one of the three great unusual festivals of Kyoto. Held at Yuki-jinja Shrine, in Kurama.
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Hitaki-sai Fire Festival – Fushimi Inari Shrine
Tens of thousands of the ritual tossing prayer sticks gathered from around Japan are burned in bonfires at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto.
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Nishinomiya To-ka Ebisu Festival
Nishinomiya-jinja Shrine, home to the god of commerce, hosts the lively Tōka Ebisu Festival, drawing large crowds of visitors and merchants each year.
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Toka Ebisu Festival / Kyoto
Visit Kyoto Ebisu Shrine for the Tōka Ebisu Festival, where women in traditional costume hand out lucky bamboo for business prosperity and good fortune.
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Imamiya To-ka ebisu festival
Imamiya Ebisu-jinja Shrine in Osaka hosts the Tōka Ebisu Festival, attracting over a million visitors praying for business success and prosperity.
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The Setsubun Festival at Yoshida-Jinja
Yoshida-jinja in Kyoto, on Yoshida-yama’s west slope, hosts the famous Setsubun festival, where visitors throw beans at Oni to drive away evil spirits.
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Omihachiman fire festival/ Sagicho Matsuri
At Sagicho Matsuri in Omihachiman, a handcrafted Zodiac animal made from marine products and grain crowns the festival’s blazing pine-tree float.
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Fujinomori Matsuri Festival
Fujinomori Matsuri Festival is held every year from MAY 1 to 5.During the festival, there are many food stalls, and portable shrines are carried.
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