Posts Tagged ‘festival’

Ice sculture in cold Japan

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

This snow and ice sculpture, which depicts the mythology of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture, is part of the Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in Sapporo. The festival closes on Monday.

三重県の伊勢神宮の神話を描いているこの雪と氷の彫刻は、札幌の大通公園ではさっぽろ雪まつりの一環です。祭りは月曜日に閉じられます。

Nice looking …

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

An intense gaze from a man participating in the Okinawa festival in Nakano.

Nebuta summer festival

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

An illuminated float which is traditionally shown at the Aomori Nebuta Festival in northeastern Japan, is carried by people past paper lanterns during the four-day Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The floats are covered with painted Japanese paper and lit from the inside with light bulbs

The Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

A woman and her son look at paper lanterns during the Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Over 30,000 lanterns are displayed and lit up the precincts of the shrine, where more than 2.4 million war-dead are enshrined, during the four-day festival that ends Friday.

A mad mud festival !

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Men carry babies in a muddy rice paddy during a mud festival at Mimusubi shrine in Yotsukaido, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday. The ritual is believed to bring a good harvest and good health for babies.

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