A week-long festival to give thanks for Beppu's hot springs. Features parades, marching bands, and free access to many hot springs.

A week-long festival to give thanks for Beppu's hot springs. Features parades, marching bands, and free access to many hot springs.

Celebrate Takeda Shingen with a large gathering of samurai re-enactors. Features the world record for the largest group of samurai and a parade with over 1000 people in costume.

A week-long festival to give thanks for Beppu's hot springs. Features parades, marching bands, and free access to many hot springs.

Celebrate Takeda Shingen with a large gathering of samurai re-enactors. Features the world record for the largest group of samurai and a parade with over 1000 people in costume.

Features traditional floats with 365 lanterns parading through the nighttime city, illuminating cherry trees.

A week-long festival to give thanks for Beppu's hot springs. Features parades, marching bands, and free access to many hot springs.

Celebrate Takeda Shingen with a large gathering of samurai re-enactors. Features the world record for the largest group of samurai and a parade with over 1000 people in costume.

Features traditional floats with 365 lanterns parading through the nighttime city, illuminating cherry trees.

Also known as the Festival of the Steel Phallus, this vibrant and popular festival celebrates fertility, smooth marital relations, and business prosperity.

A week-long festival to give thanks for Beppu's hot springs. Features parades, marching bands, and free access to many hot springs.

A week-long festival to give thanks for Beppu's hot springs. Features parades, marching bands, and free access to many hot springs.

Bare-chested men carry torched mikoshi as they blow up fire sparks like a red hot waterfall. The sight is accentuated with ringing bells and firecrackers blasting.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.

Known for its elaborately decorated traditional floats (hikiyama) and a stunning nighttime festival where lanterns are lit on the floats.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.

Known for its elaborately decorated traditional floats (hikiyama) and a stunning nighttime festival where lanterns are lit on the floats.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.

A traditional festival that originated as a rain-making ceremony during the Edo period. It features a bell-ringing competition where participants strike a huge bell with a long log.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.

A traditional festival that originated as a rain-making ceremony during the Edo period. It features a bell-ringing competition where participants strike a huge bell with a long log.

A week-long spring festival featuring horseback archery (yabusame), traditional dances, and a parade celebrating Kamakura's history.