Summer in Japan

Uploaded on April 14, 2025, 10:05 a.m. Summer in Japan

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    Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

    Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

    A fireworks display held in Tsu City, the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan.
      Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

      Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

      A fireworks display held in Tsu City, the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan.
        Nebuta summer festival in northeastern Japan

        Nebuta summer festival in northeastern Japan

        The Nebuta summer festival, famous for its nightly parades of illuminated giant paper-made lanterns, begins in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Aug. 2, 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
          Kumano Fireworks Festival

          Kumano Fireworks Festival

          A fireworks display held in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture, home to a World Heritage Site.
            Hirosaki Neputa Festival in Japan

            Hirosaki Neputa Festival in Japan

            One of illuminated Neputa lanterns is pictured as they are paraded on the opening day of the Hirosaki Neputa Festival in the Aomori Prefecture city of Hirosaki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 1, 2022. The summer festival runs through Aug. 7.
              Nebuta summer festival in northeastern Japan

              Nebuta summer festival in northeastern Japan

              The Nebuta summer festival, famous for its nightly parades of illuminated giant paper-made lanterns, begins in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Aug. 2, 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
                Traditional summer festival in Fukuoka

                Traditional summer festival in Fukuoka

                A float is carried through the compounds of Kushida Shrine in the finale of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 15, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

                  Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

                  A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.
                    Daimonji Festival in Kyoto

                    Daimonji Festival in Kyoto

                    Photo taken on the night of Aug. 16, 2018, shows a bonfire in the shape of a giant Chinese character meaning "large" on a mountain side during the Daimonji Festival, one of the most famous events in Kyoto. In the festival, formally known as Gozan no Okuribi, five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city in the culmination of the Obon period in summer. In Japan, it is believed that each year during Obon, ancestors' spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives. The purpose of the bonfires is to guide these souls back to heaven. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

                      Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

                      People hold bamboo poles decorated with paper lanterns during the Kanto Festival dating back over 200 years in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 3, 2023. The lanterns are arranged in such a way as to look like ears of rice.
                        Festival in northeastern Japan

                        Festival in northeastern Japan

                        Decorated floats are lined up in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 31, 2023, as the annual Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival kicks off. The floats, each 10 meters high and 8 meters wide, will be paraded the following day as part of the five-day harvest festival, which dates back around 300 years and was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016.
                          Tanabata star festival in Sendai

                          Tanabata star festival in Sendai

                          Hanging decorations are seen in a shopping arcade during the annual Tanabata Festival in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2022.
                            Dance festival in Tottori

                            Dance festival in Tottori

                            Dancers holding colorful umbrellas with bells attached perform during the Shan-Shan festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. The annual summer festival was held on a public road for the first time in four years as COVID-related restrictions were fully lifted earlier in the year.
                              Awa dance festival in western Japan

                              Awa dance festival in western Japan

                              The four-day Awa dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on the night of Aug. 12, 2019. More than 1 million people are expected to visit one of Japan's most famous summer dance festivals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                                "Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

                                "Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

                                The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.
                                  Festival in northeastern Japan

                                  Festival in northeastern Japan

                                  Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2023, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.
                                    "Water" fans in central Japan

                                    "Water" fans in central Japan

                                    Photo taken June 13, 2020, in Gifu, central Japan, shows "water" fans, a variation of traditional Japanese fans with a water-like appearance made by varnishing their surface and with drawings representing summer-related motifs like goldfish and morning-glory flowers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                                      Flower festival in western Japan

                                      Flower festival in western Japan

                                      A flower festival for summer flowers, including salvias and sun flowers, opens at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 18, 2020.
                                        Summer heat in Japan

                                        Summer heat in Japan

                                        Children play in water under a glaring sun on Aug. 10, 2020, in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture. The central Japan city recorded 38.6 C, the highest temperature of the year in Japan.