Kamakura Festival 2023
Yabusame (Japanese horseback archery) archer aims on target. 65th Kamakura Festival on April 16, 2023 in Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, Japan. (Photo by Stanislav Kogiku/AFLO) Shinto priest leaves […]
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Traditional Japan
Oto matsuri fire festival 2020
Oto-matsuri festival at Kamikura-shrine in Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture. Click on any image below to see the full gallery. Contact us for licensing. Festival-goers holding torches gather during the Oto-matsuri festival […]
Traditional Japan
Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri
FEBRUARY 17, 2019 – Men in loincloths gather at a shrine during the Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival, in Inazawa City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The festival, which dates to […]
Traditional Japan
New Year ice bath ceremony at Kanda Myojin
January 26, 2019, Tokyo, Japan – Shinto believers recite a prayer before they pour cold water over themselves to purify their bodies and souls as part of the Daikoku festival […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Fire festival at Toba Shinmeisha Shrine
(All photos by Ben Weller/AFLO) Annual fire festival “Toba-no-Hi Matsuri” took place on February 11 at Toba Shinmeisha, a Shinto shrine in Nishio, Japan. The festival begins with men walking […]
