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Dazaifu Tenmangu – New Year’s Fire Festival
The Onisube Shinji festival takes place at the beginning of each year inside the grounds of Dazaifu Tenmangu. The event, recognized as one of Japan’s three main fire festivals, wel...
Tama Seseri
For over 600 years, two teams of loincloth-clad men have braved the winter cold to scramble for possession of an 8 kg wooden ball, which, if they touch it, will give them good luck...
Hatsukoshin Festival
A New Year custom in which people visit the small Sarutahiko Shrine in the early morning to line up and buy monkey masks handmade by Hakata ningyo doll makers. The masks are hung i...
Fukui Night Kagura
Fukui Kagura has been designated as an intangible cultural property of Itoshima City. Every year from early morning on New Year's Day, while the New Year's Eve bell rings at...
Sakurai Shrine Noh Dedication Festival
Sakurai Shrine, a shrine in Sakurai, Itoshima, was founded by the Fukuoka clan. Until around the early Meiji period, Noh plays were dedicated every year by the Fukuoka clan...
Oyamazumi Shrine Oshiroi Festival
This 300-year-old festival is held annually to give thanks for an abundant harvest and pray for next year’s crop. To honor the shrine god who is believed to be a woman, worshippers...
Hakata Dolls: Hakata Festival Exhibition
This exhibition of Hakata dolls, a traditional local handicraft, is organized around the theme of festivals. It is held every July, and 35 dolls crafted by 13 doll makers...
Hakata Gion Yamakasa Exhibition 21
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa exhibition has been held almost every year since the museum opened. This year marks the 21st exhibition and features paintings that show what the festival ...
Tanabata Festival at Hakozakigu Shrine
During the Tanabata festival in which Japanese look to the stars and make wishes, Hakozaki Shrine hosts a calligraphy performance. Local celebrities use a massive brush to...
Miyajidake Jinja Shrine Iris Festival
Miyajidake Jinja Shrine, known for its beautiful stairway and path connecting the shrine to the sea, is also where you can see 100,000 Edo Japanese irises (100 species) and...