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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.

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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.

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Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

A puppet show is performed on a float in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2026, during the Takayama Spring Festival.

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Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

Colorful floats are pictured in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2026, during the Takayama Spring Festival.

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Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

Colorful floats are carried in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2026, during the Takayama Spring Festival.

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Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

A puppet show is performed on a float in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2026, during the Takayama Spring Festival.

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Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

Colorful floats cross a bridge in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2026, the first day of the two-day Takayama Spring Festival.

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Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

Colorful floats cross a bridge in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2026, the first day of the two-day Takayama Spring Festival.

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Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan

A colorful float parades through streets in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2026, the first day of the two-day Takayama Spring Festival.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

A colorful float is pictured during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu, on April 14, 2025.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

Colorful floats go over a bridge during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama, located in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu, on April 14, 2024.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

People watch a doll show carried out on a colorful float during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama, located in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu, on April 14, 2024.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

People watch doll shows carried out on colorful floats during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama, located in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu, on April 14, 2024.

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Takayama Festival in central Japan

People walk along a street in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu during the Spring Takayama Festival on April 14, 2023.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

People watch doll performances carried out on a colorful float during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2023.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

Doll performances are carried out on colorful floats during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2023.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

People watch doll performances carried out on colorful floats during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2023.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

People watch doll performances carried out on colorful floats during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2023.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

A colorful float goes over a bridge during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2023.

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Lantern-lit floats drawn during Takayama Spring Festival

GIFU, Japan - Lantern-lit floats are drawn along a street in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, as part of the Takayama Spring Festival on April 14, 2014.

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Lantern-lit floats drawn during Takayama Spring Festival

GIFU, Japan - Lantern-lit floats are drawn along a street in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, as part of the Takayama Spring Festival on April 14, 2014.

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Takayama Spring Festival in Gifu Pref. features floats

GIFU, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats parade down a street in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, as the Takayama Spring Festival got under way on April 14, 2014, for a two-day run.

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Takayama Spring Festival in Gifu Pref. features floats

GIFU, Japan - Colorful floats parade down a street in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, as the Takayama Spring Festival got under way on April 14, 2014, for a two-day run.

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Takayama Spring Festival

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats lit up by lanterns parade through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, during the Takayama Spring Festival on April 14, 2011. Around 74,000 people attended the festival, about 30 percent lower than the previous year, apparently due to the March 11 quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Spring Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats are illuminated with lanterns as the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival began on April 14, 2010, in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. A total of 12 floats illuminated with some 100 lanterns were paraded through the city.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 12 floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 12 floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Spectators look on as floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region.

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Spring festival draws tourists to Takayama

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Tourists and locals crowd the streets of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, as big floats parade to mark the mountain town's annual spring festival on April 14.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

Tourists watch a string-pulled mechanical doll dancing on a float in tune with drums and flutes during the first day of the two-day Spring Takayama Festival in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on April 14, 2022. The annual festival, on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, was held on a regular basis for the first time in three years as major events, including dancing by the doll, were canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Takayama festival in central Japan

A string-pulled mechanical doll dances on a float in tune with drums and flutes during the first day of the two-day Spring Takayama Festival in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on April 14, 2022. The annual festival, on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, was held on a regular basis for the first time in three years as major events, including dancing by the doll, were canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Spring festival draws tourists to Takayama

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Tourists and locals crowd the streets of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, as big floats parade to mark the mountain town's annual spring festival on April 14. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

A total of 12 colorfully decorated yatai floats, which are lit by as many as 100 chochin lanterns, proceed through a street in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on the night of April 14, 2016, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival. The floats are designated as Japanese significant intangible folk cultural assets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Colorfully decorated yatai floats proceed through a street in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2016, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival. A total of 12 floats, which are designated as Japanese significant intangible folk cultural assets, took part in the parade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

A total of 12 colorfully decorated yatai floats, which are lit by as many as 100 chochin lanterns, proceed through a street in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on the night of April 14, 2016, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival. The floats are designated as Japanese significant intangible folk cultural assets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

A total of 12 colorfully decorated yatai floats are gathered in the center part of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 14, 2016, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival. The floats are designated as Japanese significant intangible folk cultural assets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Spring Festival gets off to rainy start

A float for the Takayama Spring Festival with lit lanterns is shown inside a storehouse due to rain in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on April 14, 2015. The festival is a national "important intangible folk cultural property." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Spring Festival starts in rain

Visitors take pictures on April 14, 2015, of a float for the Takayama Spring Festival in the old town of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. The float was unveiled in a storehouse on the first day of the two-day festival, following the cancellation of a parade on the streets due to rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Spring Festival starts in rain

Visitors take pictures on April 14, 2015, of a float for the Takayama Spring Festival in the old town of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. The float was unveiled in a storehouse on the first day of the two-day festival, following the cancellation of a parade on the streets due to rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spring Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats are illuminated with lanterns as the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival began on April 14, 2010, in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. A total of 12 floats illuminated with some 100 lanterns were paraded through the city. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 12 floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 12 floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Spectators look on as floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Spring Festival

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats lit up by lanterns parade through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, during the Takayama Spring Festival on April 14, 2011. Around 74,000 people attended the festival, about 30 percent lower than the previous year, apparently due to the March 11 quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

Colorful floats are paraded in the central Japan city of Takayama on April 14, 2017, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival, one of 33 traditional festivals from across Japan added in December 2016 to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

Colorful floats are paraded in the central Japan city of Takayama on April 14, 2017, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival, one of 33 traditional festivals from across Japan added in December 2016 to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama festival in Gifu

Colorful floats parade in the central Japan city of Takayama on April 14, 2019, the first day of the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo