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Nagasaki UNESCO World Heritage / Industrial Revolution
2022/01/15
NEWSHOME The origin of Japan’s modernization is here. Under the growing sense …
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Hakozaki Shrine
2022/01/15
Fukuoka travel guideHakozaki Shrine founded in 923, is one of the three great Hachiman shrines in Japan along with the Usa Shrine. It is one of the representative shrines of Fukuoka-city and the place where many people come …
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Hakata Dontaku Festival
2022/01/15
JapanHakata Dontaku Festival, the name Dontaku is a corruption of the Dutch word Zontag, meaning Sunday. The festival is said to have started as a New Year parade of merchants going to the local lord’s residence to celebrat …
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Tamaseseri / wooden ball catching festival
2022/01/15
JapanTamaseseri, a lively New Year’s Festival held on January, at Hakozaki Shrine in Fukuoka-city, including a traditional form of fortune-telling. Several hundred men wearing lion cloths compete on pi …
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Hojoya
2022/01/15
JapanHojoya is the festival held Hakozaki Shrine to celebration of all living creatures. It has a history of over 1000 years. Hundred of doves and carp will be released on September 18 in reverence of all living thin …
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Nagasaki Kunchi
2022/01/15
JapanNagasaki Kunchi is one of big-three festival in Japan, held on October 7 to 9 at Suwa Shrine. The festival features Chinese dance including Ja-odori (Snake dance), this time dancing all around the city but especially at …
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Sumo
2022/01/15
JapanSumo is a Japanese traditional martial art, which is the match of two Sumo wrestlers in the round ring called Dohyo. The winner is one who first makes his opponent step outside of the ring or into touching the ground w …
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Wasshoi Million Summer Festival
2022/01/15
JapanWasshoi Million Summer Festival is one of the festivals representing Kyushu and started in 1988 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the formation of the city and has more than one and half million spectators e …