No festivals we know how to categorize the city of Fukuoka, but if they were to classify Japanese cities by his love of holidays and celebrations, one of the first places would occupy it Fukuoka. 1 To July 15, held in the city Hakata Gion Yamakasa, Temple Kushida and throughout the entire city. The highlight of the celebration is the Oiyama race, when several hundred people carried on the shoulders of different gods and secular motives crossing throughout the city, dressed in the traditional Japanese way.
The race has a distance of 5 km and involved seven companies of 26 men each. People take water to the participants and vitorea them. The race begins at 4: 59 am every July 15. Asian Pacific festival, created as a cultural exchange between the city of Fukuoka and other Asian countries is held during the month of September. They are mainly students from other Asian countries who attend the festival, during which numerous Asian, not only Japanese dishes can be tasted. Tamaseseri festival is celebrated every January 3 in the Hakozaki Temple. Read the rest of this entry »
