On June 1st, all students at schools across Japan will switch from winter uniforms to summer uniforms. "Koromogae" is a Japanese custom of changing clothes according to the season. June 1st is the deadline for not only schools but also companies and government offices...
Around June 1st, the ban on sweetfish fishing will be lifted in rivers across Japan. Ayu is a freshwater fish that the Japanese call the "queen of river fish." The body length is approximately 20-30cm. It lives only in clear streams and grows by eating moss attached to stones at the bottom of the river, so it grows on watermelons and cucumbers...
On May 18th, three portable shrines will be carried out from Kamigoryou Shrine in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City to the shrine parishioners town. This is the return festival for the Goryo Matsuri. A vengeful spirit...
At dusk in May, bonfires are lit in the precincts of Kasuga Taisha Shrine and Kofukuji Temple in Nara, and Noh and Kyogen performances are performed in the flickering flames. "Takigi O-Noh" is a Noh performance performed outdoors over a bonfire.
On May 15th, a procession of about 500 people wearing Heian period costumes walks down Miyakooji Street from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo Shrine and then Kamigamo Shrine. "Aoi Matsuri". The official name is "Kamo Festival". Gion Festival, Jidai Festival...
For three days from May 14th to 16th, the most important festival of the year, the Taisairei, will be held at Izumo Taisha in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture. In Japanese mythology, Izumo Taisha Shrine is said to be a ``country transfer''...
In May, 13 Yama (Yama) cars carrying elaborate mechanical dolls are lined up in the castle town of Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture. Ogaki Matsuri is a regular festival of Ogaki Hachiman Shrine that has been going on for over 370 years. 2016...
In May, carp-shaped windsocks that swim in the wind appear in residential areas and valleys between buildings in Japan. It is "Koinobori". “Children’s Day” on May 5th was originally known as “Tango no Sekku (Tango no Sekku)”.
In May, three gigantic floats, each 12 meters high and weighing 20 tons, appear on the streets of Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The Seihakusai Festival is the spring festival of Daijishu Shrine (Sanno Shrine) and is the largest festival in the Noto region. So much Hikiyama...
At 1:00 pm on May 3rd, the sound of horseshoes echoes through Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto. ``Yabusame Shinji''. Aoi, where an archer wearing court attire shoots three targets one after another from a galloping horse...