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Nagasaki Kunchi festival

Dragon dancers perform during a traditional Nagasaki Kunchi autumn festival at Suwa Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2025. The festival dating back to 1634 features exotic events and runs through Oct. 9.

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Nagasaki Kunchi festival

About 20 men spin a shrine-shaped float during a traditional Nagasaki Kunchi autumn festival at Suwa Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2025. The festival dating back to 1634 features exotic events and runs through Oct. 9.

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Nagasaki Kunchi festival

People pull a boat-shaped float during the Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2024, the first day of the three-day traditional festival.

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Nagasaki Kunchi festival

People pull a dragon boat-shaped float during the Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2024, the first day of the three-day traditional festival.

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Nagasaki Kunchi festival

The three-day Nagasaki Kunchi festival opens with a dragon boat-shaped float at Suwa Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2024.

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The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple

The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6884]

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Fushimi Inari Shrine

Fushimi Inari Shrine==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6889]

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Maruyama Yaami Hotel

Maruyama Yaami Hotel==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6876]

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Nishi Otani (Otani Honbyo Mausoleum of Honganji Temple)

Nishi Otani (Otani Honbyo Mausoleum of Honganji Temple)==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6883]

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Tsutenbashi bridge at tofukuji temple

Tsutenbashi bridge at tofukuji temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6887]

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Sanjusangendo

Sanjusangendo==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6886]

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The stage of Kiyomizudera Temple,Kyoto

The stage of Kiyomizudera Temple,Kyoto==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6882]

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Nanzenji Temple

Nanzenji Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6873]

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Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6866]

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Higashi Otani (Otani Sobyo Mausoleum of Higashi Honganji Temple)

Higashi Otani (Otani Sobyo Mausoleum of Higashi Honganji Temple)==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6879]

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TOYOKUNI SHRINE

TOYOKUNI SHRINE==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6885]

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Sen-yuji temple

Sen-yuji temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6888]

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Maruyama

Maruyama==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6877]

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Eikan-do Temple

Eikan-do Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6872]

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Five-Story Pagoda of Yasaka

Five-Story Pagoda of Yasaka==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6881]

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Yasaka Shrine, Gion, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine, Gion, Kyoto==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6878]

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Rows of houses seen from Higashiyama,Kyoto

Rows of houses seen from Higashiyama,Kyoto==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6875]

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Tokugawa Akitake

Tokugawa Akitake==Date:1867, Place:Japan, Photo:Other photographers ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7097]

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Koudaiji Temple

Koudaiji Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6880]

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Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7095]

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Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Tokugawa Yoshinobu==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7100]

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Chion-in Temple

Chion-in Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6874]

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Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7101]

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Sanjo Sanetomi

Sanjo Sanetomi==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7099]

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Prince Fushimi Sadanaru

Prince Fushimi Sadanaru==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Uchida Kuichi ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7102]

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Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:1875, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7096]

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Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:1873, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7093]

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Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7094]

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Tokugawa Iesato ?

Tokugawa Iesato ?==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7103]

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Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kitaniwa Tsukuba ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7105]

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Traditional festival in Nagasaki

A float signifying a whale spouting water is carried at the Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, the opening day of the three-day festival dating back over 380 years.

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Dragon boat float at Nagasaki Kunchi Festival

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows a dragon boat float at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, the opening day of the three-day Nagasaki Kunchi Festival that dates back 380 years.

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Dragon dance performed at Nagasaki Kunchi Festival

NAGASAKI, Japan - A dragon dance is performed at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, the opening day of the three-day Nagasaki Kunchi Festival that dates back 380 years.

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Orca portable shrine seen in Nagasaki Kunchi festa

NAGASAKI, Japan - A portable shrine signifying orca is carried at the Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, the opening day of the three-day festival.

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'Nagasaki Kunchi' festival

NAGASAKI, Japan - People dedicate a figure of a ''nambansen,'' or Portuguese ship, to Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki City on Oct. 7, 2010, the first day of the three-day festival called ''Nagasaki Kunchi,'' a local autumn festival with more than 370 years of history.

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'Nagasaki Kunchi' festival

NAGASAKI, Japan - A Chinese-style dragon is taken through Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki City on Oct. 7, 2010, the first day of the three-day festival called ''Nagasaki Kunchi,'' a local autumn festival with more than 370 years of history.

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'Nagasaki Kunchi' festival

NAGASAKI, Japan - A Chinese-style dragon is taken through Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki City on Oct. 7, 2010, the first day of the three-day festival called ''Nagasaki Kunchi,'' a local autumn festival with more than 370 years of history.

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Nagasaki Kunchi Festival begins

NAGASAKI, Japan - A dragon dance is performed in the Suwa Shrine's 370-year-old Nagasaki Kunchi Festival that began Oct. 7, 2009 in Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Men tow ship-shaped float at Nagasaki Kunchi festival

A fishing boat-shaped float is pulled during the annual Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional dance performed at Nagasaki Kunchi festival

A traditional dance is performed during the annual Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dragon dance performed at Nagasaki Kunchi festival

A dragon dance is performed during the annual Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki Kunchi Festival begins

NAGASAKI, Japan - A dragon dance is performed in the Suwa Shrine's 370-year-old Nagasaki Kunchi Festival that began Oct. 7, 2009 in Nagasaki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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View in front of the gate of katase ryukoji temple

Jyakukozan Ryukoji Temple. Nichiren was arrested in Ankokuronji at Nagoe for interrogation by the regent Hojo Tokimune. He came to Ryunokuchi and prayed facing south at midnight, and is said to have been saved from beheading by miracles. This is the so-called Honan of Ryunokuchi , and Ryukoji Temple was built there after the death of Nichiren.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐44‐0]

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Miyanoshita naraya inn

A Japanese building of the Naraya Hotel in Miyanoshita. This coincides with the information book of the seven spas. It was destroyed in the fire of 1884. This is an important photo because few pictures taken before that time remain. Emperor Meiji stayed at this hotel in 1874.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐43‐0]

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Western style house in kanagawa

The photo is entitled Kanagawa, but the location of the place and building are unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐40‐0]