Kanda Matsuri (Edo Heritage Festival)

One of the three great festivals of Edo, held in May of odd-numbered years at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo. It originated from Tokugawa Ieyasu's prayer for victory before the Battle of Sekigahara, and during the Edo period, it was observed by the shogun as a Tenka Matsuri. With mikoshi processions and tsuke-matsuri, it carries the spirit of Edo into the present day.

Fireworks festival held on the last Saturday of July annually on the Sumida River in Tokyo. A traditional fireworks display continuing since the Edo period, attracting approximately 1 million visitors annually. With over 20,000 fireworks shots, it is a representative Japanese summer festival event and symbolic of Edo entertainment culture.

A premier summer festival of the Tohoku region held every August in Aomori City. Enormous illuminated warrior-themed floats called nebuta parade through the streets while dancers known as haneto leap to the chant of 'Rassera.' It is designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan.

Japan's largest Bon dance festival with over 400 years of history in Tokushima Prefecture. Known for the chant 'It's a fool who dances and a fool who watches—if both are fools, you might as well dance,' it is held annually during the Obon period in August. Groups called 'ren' dance through the streets to distinctive rhythms.

Tokyo's premier festival held every May at Asakusa Shrine in Asakusa. Approximately 100 portable shrines parade through the streets of Asakusa, with bearers performing spirited processions amid enthusiastic chants. Attracting about two million spectators annually, it is one of Tokyo's largest festivals.

A festival of Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo, one of Japan's Three Great Festivals. Called 'Tenka Matsuri' in the Edo period, it was a prestigious festival granted the shogun's viewing. During the main festival held every other year, over 200 portable shrines parade through central Tokyo including Akihabara, embodying the vitality of modern Tokyo.