Culture and Etiquette
Matsuri: What Happens at a Japanese Festival and How to Join In
Portable shrines carried by four hundred people, illuminated paper warriors, and a dance anyone can join. The dozen festivals worth planning a…
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Destination Guides
Aomori: Nebuta, Apples and the Far North
The top of Honshu: a festival of illuminated paper warriors, a castle with 2,600 cherry trees, a 5,000-year-old village, and more snow…