Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shrine to host Blue Exorcist special exhibition
Kanda Myojin Shrine's Museum is preparing to open a special exhibition that merges historical artifacts with contemporary pop culture.
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Imamiya Shrine Flea Market
On the 1st of each month Kyoto's Imamiya-jinja Shrine holds a small flea market on the grounds of the shrine with around 20 stalls.
Heian Antique Market
The market was started to reduce waste by recycling, helping to contribute to environmental issues and sustainability.
Forest Handmade Market – Monozukuri Forest
Kyoto's Shimogamo Shrine Forest will see 370 stalls selling handcrafted items.
Heian Rakuichi Handmade Market
The market sees around 150 vendors selling a variety of arts and crafts.
Kamigamo Handmade Market
The market sees around 200 vendors selling a variety of handmade arts and crafts.
Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri
This festival has been celebrated since 1136 and has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Akutai Matsuri Bad-Mouthing Festival
One of the most unusual festivals to be held in Japan, the Akusou Matsuri or bad-mouthing festival, is held at the foot of Mt. Atago, at Atago Shrine and Iizuna Shrine.
Okera Mairi: Old Year’s Eve at Yasaka-jinja Shrine
At Yasaka-jinja Shrine the New Year's Eve Festival is held at the main shrine from 19:00 on the 31st December, after which the priests light lanterns set up in the shrine grounds one by one with a purification fire.
Doburoku Festival
The doburoku festival is a harvest festival that takes place each autumn, where an offering of doburoku (cloudy home-brewed sake) is made to the gods and to visitors of the shrine in prayers of a bountiful grain harvest, good health and fortune.