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M300 Title: Fireworks at Miyazu |
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| Fireworks and lantern-offering on the sea. |
Print date: 1986 Edition: 110 Size: 25.5 x 18 |
Japan's most famous festival. It was begun in the 9th
century by inhabitants. |
Print date: 1974 Edition: 50 Size: 26 x 15.5 |
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M428 Title: Title: Floats parade, Gion Festival |
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| Festival floats which weight 1-1.6 tons and are drawn
by many people. |
Print date: 1991 Edition: 150 Size: 15.3 x 20.5 |
It is played by summer night with the fire. |
Print date: 1981 Edition: 75 Size: 20.5 x 15.3 |
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M448 Title: Ushi Matsuri |
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| This festival is the Buddhist festival. God appears
with riding on the black cow. |
Print date: 1989 Edition: 50 Size: 14 x 10 |
It means Festival of the Ages. Most spectacular of the
parades in Kyoto's autumn festivals. |
Print date: 1989 Edition: 50 Size: 14 x 10 |
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90-43 Title: Kurama Fire Festival |
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| This festival originated in the custom of lighting fires
to guide gods from the other world on their visits to this world. |
Print date: 1989 Edition: 50 Size: 14 x 10 |
Kemari, a game resembling soccer, became an amusement
of the aristocracy in Japan in the 10th century. |
Print date: 1983 Edition: 50 Size: 14 x 10 |
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M228 Title: Big Torchlights |
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| Torchlights ceremony for the forecast of good harvest. |
Print date: 1981 Edition: 300 Size: 11 x 8 |
Go down Hozu river by boat. Fall in the best season
to enjoy the colorful scene. |
Print date: 1992 |
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M372 Title: Aoi Matsuri |
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| Festival boasts parade with 600 people, dressed in the
costumes of Heian (9th-12th) court nobles. |
Print date: 1989 Edition: 300 Size: 8.5 x 6 |
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