Japan has festivals all year round, but July–September is peak celebration season. Our events section doesn’t even begin to cover all the summer festivals in Tokyo! The ones listed there are larger in scale and/or more publicized, but even small neighborhoods have their own celebrations.
Summer is so vibey that we don’t just mean traditional festivals, but also modern ones—music festivals such as Fuji Rock, dance shows with an international flavor (like hula and samba festivals) and pop culture events, like Yokohama’s “outbreak” of dancing Pikachus. In this article, though, we’ll be focusing on your traditional Japanese summer festival.
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Why so many summer festivals?
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