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Tonight – Shimokitazawa Awaodori Festival
Tonight – if we can persuade the weather Gods to let up on the rain – will be the second evening of the grand Shimokitazawa Awaodori festival. I was there last night and it was as good as usual with...
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Shimokitazawa Awaodori – Yattokoren
Sunday’s Awaodori festival in Setagaya Ward’s Shimokitazawa was just as amazing as usual. The whole night and day before the festival saw strong winds and rain which lasted until 5 minutes before the...
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Kitazawahachimangu Matsuri 2013
The grand festival at the Kitazawa Hachimangu near Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa district is one of my favorites of the “larger” smaller festivals. There are so many things to see and lots of performances and...
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Kitazawa Hachimangu Matsuri – First Day
If you are in Tokyo today you can do worse that to visit one of the three festivals in either Kiba, Jiyugaoka or this one, in Shimokitazawa’s Kitazawa Hachimangu Grand Shrine. Yesterday was the...
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Onnamikoshi – Kitazawahachiman Matsuri
I spent last weekend in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward and the Shimokitazawa district to enjoy and take part in the grand Kitazawahachiman Matsuri, an autumn festival for all the neighborhoods in the parish....
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Matsuri Dog – Kitazawahachiman
Nothing suits a Japanese dog more than a bit of Japanese festival fashion! This young dog was a hit with all the photographers at the annual Kitazwahachiman Matsuri last week but didn’t seem to mind...
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Nebuta Matsuri at Sakurashinmachi
This Saturday Tokyo was practically saturated with festivals. There were too many to even consider trying to see more than a few of them. On Saturday evening I visit the bigger than expected Nebuta...
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Shinto Rituals at Kitazawa Hachimangu
One of the main draws of the annual grand Kitazawa Hachimangu festival in Tokyo’s Setagaya District is the beautiful shinto rituals and dances that are performed at the shrine’s Kagura stage. I took...
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Kagura Dancers at Kitazawa Hachimangu
At the annual Kitazawa Hachimangu festival last month I saw these great looking dancers performing at the shrine stage, the kagura. I do not know the names of the styles they represent, but it is all...
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