Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri
This festival has been celebrated since 1136 and has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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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.
Yushima Tenjin Chrysanthemum Festival
Yushima Tenjin Chrysanthemum Festival is an annual chrysanthemum festival held at Yushima Tenjin Shrine in Bunkyo City, Tokyo.
Meiji Jingū Shrine Yabusame
Yabusame, or horseback archery, is one of the most popular events to happen at Meiji Shrine Autumn Grand Festival.