Okunchi festival opens in Nagasaki

Okunchi festival opens in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Spectators watch a dragon dance at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Oct. 7, the opening day of the traditional Okunchi festival.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001093494
  • Registered date
  • 2002/10/07 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2002 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.39(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Ritual for Aoi festival in Kyoto

    Ritual for Aoi festival in Kyoto

    A woman clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, having been chosen to play this year's Saio-dai heroine during the upcoming annual Aoi Festival in Kyoto, purifies herself at Shimogamo Shrine in the western Japan city on May 4, 2026.
      Hiroshima flower festival

      Hiroshima flower festival

      The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 3, 2026, the opening day of a three-day flower festival.
        Hiroshima flower festival

        Hiroshima flower festival

        The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 3, 2026, the opening day of a three-day flower festival.
          Hakata Dontaku festival

          Hakata Dontaku festival

          The two-day Hakata Dontaku festival begins in Fukuoka on May 3, 2026, with people clad in colorful costumes taking part in its main parade in the southwestern Japan city.
            Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

            Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

            Floats are paraded in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2026, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival that was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016.
              Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

              Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

              A float is paraded in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2026, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival that was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016.
                Imitation chrysanthemum production in western Japan

                Imitation chrysanthemum production in western Japan

                Production of imitation chrysanthemum flowers is under way in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 6, 2026, ahead of a three-day annual festival at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine, starting on April 13.
                  Public access to Hiroshima Castle tower ends

                  Public access to Hiroshima Castle tower ends

                  Hiroshima Castle's tower is illuminated on the final day of its public opening in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 22, 2026. A 68-year history of public access to the castle tower, rebuilt in 1958 following its destruction in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, ended due to its aging.
                    Zenko-ji temple lit up

                    Zenko-ji temple lit up

                    The main hall of Zenko-ji temple in Nagano, central Japan, is lit up on Feb. 20, 2026, as a four-day lantern festival begins.
                      Boat-racing festival for good haul

                      Boat-racing festival for good haul

                      Youth participate in a boat-racing event in Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2026, as part of Minato shrine's annual festival to pray for a good haul and business success.