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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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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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Women's entry into Shinto priesthood increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 10, 2014 shows Mihoko Ishii (L), a female chief priest serving at the Suwa Shrine in Nambu, Aomori Prefecture, talking with a female worshipper and another priest at the shine.

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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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Okunchi festival in Nagasaki begins

NAGASAKI, Japan - A dragon dance is performed at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Oct. 7 as the 370-year-old Okunchi festival began for a three-day run.

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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.

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Huge log descends mountain slope

A huge fir log went down 100 meters along a mountain slope with young men braving to flock around the log in a log festival in Suwa Shrine in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 10. Some 55,000 spectators watched the event.

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Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

A 17-meter-long trunk is to be erected in Shimosuwa in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on May 16, 2022, the final day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwa Taisha shrine.

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Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

A 17-meter-long trunk is erected vertically in Shimosuwa in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on May 16, 2022, the final day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwa Taisha shrine.

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Huge log descends mountain slope

A huge fir log went down 100 meters along a mountain slope with young men braving to flock around the log in a log festival in Suwa Shrine in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 10. Some 55,000 spectators watched the event.

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41-yr-old man dies during old Shinto shrine festival in Nagano

Photo taken at the Suwa Taisha grand Shinto shrine in the central Japan city of Suwa on May 6, 2016, shows police officers examining a pillar put up for the traditional Onbashira Festival. A 41-year-old shrine parishioner died the previous day after falling about 10-meters from the fir trunk and landing on the roof of heavy machinery equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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41-yr-old man dies during old Shinto shrine festival in Nagano

Photo taken May 6, 2016, shows the Suwa Taisha grand Shinto shrine in the central Japan city of Suwa where a 41-year-old parishioner died the previous day after falling about 10-meters from a pillar put up for the traditional Onbashira Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

A 17-meter-long fir trunk is lowered along a 25-degree slope in the city of Chino in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a "kiotoshi event" on April 3, 2016, the second day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwataisha Shrine. Suwataisha consists of four shrine building complexes dotted around Lake Suwa. During the festival, held every six years, 16 fir trees are cut in the mountains and taken to the four shrines to replace Onbashira (wooden poles) in each corner of the shrines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

A 17-meter-long fir trunk is lowered along a 25-degree slope in the city of Chino in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a "kiotoshi event" on April 3, 2016, the second day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwataisha Shrine. Suwataisha consists of four shrine building complexes dotted around Lake Suwa. During the festival, held every six years, 16 fir trees are cut in the mountains and taken to the four shrines to replace Onbashira (wooden poles) in each corner of the shrines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Okunchi festival in Nagasaki begins

NAGASAKI, Japan - A dragon dance is performed at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Oct. 7 as the 370-year-old Okunchi festival began for a three-day run. (Kyodo)

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Suwa Shrine

Suwa Shrine==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The centre of the city seen from the precincts of Suwa Shrine

The centre of the city seen from the precincts of Suwa Shrine==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The former Chumon Gate,Suwa Shrine

This is a hand-tinted photograph showing the Middle Gate at Suwa Shinto Shrine around 1887. This is the main shrine in Nagasaki, and it is famous for its autumn Kunchi Festival.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number95‐9‐0]

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A bronze horse at Suwa Shrine

The 1.8m bronze horse was donated to Suwa Shinto Shrine in 1870 to commemorate the establishment of the Nagasaki Iron Foundry, predecessor of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard. Transferred to the entrance of Nagasaki Park (Suwa Park) in October 1928, it was removed as part of metal collections during World War II.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number95‐4‐0]

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Torii,Suwa Shrine

Torii,Suwa Shrine==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Torii,Suwa Shrine

This hand-tinted photograph taken around 1887 depicts the view of Suwa Shinto Shrine from the Ninotorii (second torii gate) inside the Great Torii Gate. The Donko Teahouse is visible on the right. The Western-style building on the approach is indicative of the tide of modernization in the mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐34‐0]

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Suwa Shrine

This hand-tinted photograph from around 1887 depicts the great torii gate to Suwa Shinto Shrine and the shrine in the background. A modern street lamp is visible to the left of the gate, revealing the modernization of the city. Nagasaki's most prominent shrine, Suwa Shinto Shrine is famous for its autumn Kunchi festival==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number75‐14‐0]

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A bronze horse at Suwa Shrine

The 1.8m bronze horse was donated to Suwa Shinto Shrine in 1870 to commemorate the establishment of the Nagasaki Iron Foundry, predecessor of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard. Transferred to the entrance of Nagasaki Park (Suwa Park) in October 1928, it was removed as part of metal collections during World War II.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number75‐10‐0]

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Suwa Park

Suwa Park was established next to Suwa Shinto Shrine in 1874 for the people of Nagasaki and foreign visitors. The park included a pond and fountain. Geiko in kimono pose on the stone bridge over the pond around 1887.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number75‐11‐0]

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Precincts of Suwa Shrine

This photograph taken around 1887 shows the Middle Gate at Suwa Shinto Shrine. This is the main shrine in Nagasaki and it is famous for its autumn Kunchi Festival. This is a staged photograph with people posing on the stairs in front of the Middle Gate. The Western-style lamp on the left is indicative of the tide of modernization in Nagasaki.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number73‐30‐0]

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The Great Torii,Suwa Shrine

This hand-tinted photograph from around 1887 depicts the great torii gate to Suwa Shinto Shrine and the shrine in the background. A modern street lamp is visible to the left of the gate, revealing the modernization of the city. Nagasaki's most prominent shrine, Suwa Shinto Shrine is famous for its autumn Kunchi festival==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number73‐4‐0]

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A bronze horse at Suwa Shrine

The 1.8m bronze horse was donated to Suwa Shinto Shrine in 1870 to commemorate the establishment of the Nagasaki Iron Foundry, predecessor of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard. Transferred to the entrance of Nagasaki Park (Suwa Park) in October 1928, it was removed as part of metal collections during World War II.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number73‐5‐0]

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The Great Torii,Suwa Shrine

This hand-tinted photograph from around 1887 depicts the view from the odoriba (plaza) in front of Suwa Shinto Shrine looking toward the shrine entrance. The performances of the autumn Kunchi Festival are held here. Three torii gates are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number73‐2‐0]

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The long slope,Suwa Shrine

This hand-tinted photograph taken around 1887 captures the view from the odoriba (plaza) looking toward the main shrine gate and gallery. The steps are called nagasaka (long slope). People in different styles of dress pose for the camera.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number73‐3‐0]

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A bronze horse at Suwa Shrine

A bronze horse at Suwa Shrine==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Suwa Shrine

The photo mount has ‘Taken by Ueno in Nagasaki, Japan’ printed on it.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number66‐33‐0]

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Suwa Shrine

The hall of worship at Suwa Shinto Shrine. Nagasaki's most prominent shrine, Suwa Shinto Shrine is famous for its autumn Kunchi Festival, and it is introduced in photographs taken at the beginning of the Meiji Period and in many hand-tinted picture postcards.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number66‐17‐0]

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The Great Torii,Suwa Shrine

The Great Torii,Suwa Shrine==Date:about 1872, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The long slope,Suwa Shrine

The long slope,Suwa Shrine==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Torii,Suwa Shrine

This hand-tinted photograph taken around 1887 depicts the view from the odoriba (plaza) looking down the path toward the entrance to the shrine. The performances of the autumn Kunchi Festival are presented here. Three torii gates are visible in the photograph. The streets of the city and Tera-machi area are visible in the distance.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number58‐13‐0]

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The long slope,Suwa Shrine

The long slope,Suwa Shrine==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Precincts of Suwa Shrine

Precincts of Suwa Shrine==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)