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3rd Yame Festival “Light and Music Fireworks Festival”

A firework display featuring 2,000 fireworks released over 30 minutes opens this festival, in a vibrant mix of light, color and music. Every year...

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27th Fukuoka Higashi-ku Fireworks

Beach is the perfect setting to watch 7,000 fireworks illuminate the sea and the night sky. Held annually on...

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19th Ariakekai Fireworks Festival

Held in the charming city of Yanagawa, Fukuoka, this festival starts at 15:00, so arrive early to enjoy the festivities before the fireworks. The fireworks are...

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Sentomyo

Reflected on the water by the gently flickering light of about 1,000 lanterns, shrine maidens dance and perform musical acts on a specially constructed...

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Hita Mikumagawa Ayu Festival

The Mikumagawa River is famous for yana, a traditional river fishing method involving wooden dam-like structures. Nearby, children catch...

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Hojoya Festival 2017

This 1,000 year-old festival is one of the “big three” in Hakata and a great way to welcome...

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Hakata Daimaru Summer Festival

The Hakata Daimaru Natsu Matsuri (Summer Festival), which will be held in the build-up to and during Obon, welcomes back Fukuoka natives who...

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Hisadomi Kannondo Bon Tsunahiki

Children dressed as demons (covered in soot, wearing straw skirts and headpieces) carry a 20 m long, 400 kg rope around...

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46th Kurume Water Festival

Kurume's huge water-themed festival sees all kinds of performances take place in the downtown area of the city. Meiji-dori Street will be pedestrianized during the event and...

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Tanabata Shrine Summer Festival

On July 7, lonely hearts wrote their wishes for new love on tanzaku (special paper strips) and sent these to Tanabata Shrine. A month later, at...

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