Japanese festivals
Japanese festivals
Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions. Some festivals have their roots in Chinese
festivals but have undergone dramatic changes as they mixed with local customs.
Some are so different that they do not even remotely resemble the original festival despite
sharing the same name and date. There are also various local festivals (e.g. Tobata Gion) that
are mostly unknown outside a given prefecture. It is commonly said that you will always find
a festival somewhere in Japan.
Matsuri is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. In Japan, festivals are usually sponsored
by a local shrine or temple, though they can be secular.
There is no specific matsuri days for all of Japan; dates vary from area to area, and even
within a specific area, but festival days do tend to cluster around traditional holidays such as
Setsubun or Obon
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