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X-WR-CALNAME:Japanese Seasonal Festivals Calendar — Sample
X-WR-CALDESC:Sample preview of From the first shrine bell of Shogatsu to th
 e floating lanterns of Obon — follow a thousand years of matsuri\, moon-
 viewing\, and sacred seasons through every month of the Japanese year. Sub
 scribe for the full calendar.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260708
SUMMARY:Tanabata — The Star Festival
DESCRIPTION:Summary\n\nOn the seventh night of the seventh month\, the cele
 stial lovers Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair) cross the Milky Way to 
 reunite — and across Japan\, bamboo branches bloom with tanzaku paper wi
 shes in every color. The legend\, derived from Chinese Qixi\, tells of a w
 eaver princess and a cowherd separated by the Milky Way and permitted to m
 eet only once a year when magpies form a bridge. Families and schools writ
 e wishes on narrow strips of paper and tie them to bamboo\; in Sendai and 
 other cities\, enormous streamer decorations transform shopping streets in
 to rivers of color. The festival marks the start of the summer rainy seaso
 n and the hope that the skies will clear so the lovers can meet. Tanabata 
 is one of the five ancient sekku (seasonal festivals) and remains a belove
 d occasion for dreams and star-gazing.\n\nSources\n• japan-guide.com —
  Tanabata: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2283.html\n• Encyclopaedia of 
 Shinto — Tanabata: https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9658
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270708
SUMMARY:Tanabata — The Star Festival
DESCRIPTION:Summary\n\nOn the seventh night of the seventh month\, the cele
 stial lovers Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair) cross the Milky Way to 
 reunite — and across Japan\, bamboo branches bloom with tanzaku paper wi
 shes in every color. The legend\, derived from Chinese Qixi\, tells of a w
 eaver princess and a cowherd separated by the Milky Way and permitted to m
 eet only once a year when magpies form a bridge. Families and schools writ
 e wishes on narrow strips of paper and tie them to bamboo\; in Sendai and 
 other cities\, enormous streamer decorations transform shopping streets in
 to rivers of color. The festival marks the start of the summer rainy seaso
 n and the hope that the skies will clear so the lovers can meet. Tanabata 
 is one of the five ancient sekku (seasonal festivals) and remains a belove
 d occasion for dreams and star-gazing.\n\nSources\n• japan-guide.com —
  Tanabata: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2283.html\n• Encyclopaedia of 
 Shinto — Tanabata: https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9658
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260717
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260718
SUMMARY:Gion Matsuri — The Grand Procession of Kyoto
DESCRIPTION:Summary\n\nThe Yamaboko Junko procession is the crown jewel of 
 Gion Matsuri — a month-long festival tracing its origins to 869 CE\, whe
 n the Emperor ordered prayers at Yasaka Shrine to halt a plague. Thirty-th
 ree enormous floats\, some three stories tall draped in Nishijin-ori silk 
 tapestries and crowned with tapestries from Flanders and Persia\, inch thr
 ough the ancient streets steered by the daring tsujimawashi turning techni
 que at each corner. The hoko (wheeled floats) and yama (portable shrines) 
 represent Kyoto's merchant guilds and neighborhoods\; building and paradin
 g them is a year-round commitment. UNESCO recognizes the float procession 
 as Intangible Cultural Heritage. The sight of the floats moving through th
 e narrow streets to the sound of traditional music is the defining image o
 f Kyoto in July.\n\nSources\n• UNESCO — Yamaboko Junko: https://ich.un
 esco.org/en/RL/yamaboko-junko-float-procession-of-gion-festival-00243\n•
  japan-guide.com — Gion Festival: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3906.ht
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270718
SUMMARY:Gion Matsuri — The Grand Procession of Kyoto
DESCRIPTION:Summary\n\nThe Yamaboko Junko procession is the crown jewel of 
 Gion Matsuri — a month-long festival tracing its origins to 869 CE\, whe
 n the Emperor ordered prayers at Yasaka Shrine to halt a plague. Thirty-th
 ree enormous floats\, some three stories tall draped in Nishijin-ori silk 
 tapestries and crowned with tapestries from Flanders and Persia\, inch thr
 ough the ancient streets steered by the daring tsujimawashi turning techni
 que at each corner. The hoko (wheeled floats) and yama (portable shrines) 
 represent Kyoto's merchant guilds and neighborhoods\; building and paradin
 g them is a year-round commitment. UNESCO recognizes the float procession 
 as Intangible Cultural Heritage. The sight of the floats moving through th
 e narrow streets to the sound of traditional music is the defining image o
 f Kyoto in July.\n\nSources\n• UNESCO — Yamaboko Junko: https://ich.un
 esco.org/en/RL/yamaboko-junko-float-procession-of-gion-festival-00243\n•
  japan-guide.com — Gion Festival: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3906.ht
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260727
SUMMARY:Sumidagawa Hanabi Taikai — Fireworks over the River
DESCRIPTION:Summary\n\nNearly a million spectators in yukata line the banks
  of the Sumida River for one of Tokyo's oldest fireworks displays\, tracin
 g its origins to 1733 when the eighth Tokugawa shogun ordered fireworks to
  console the spirits of famine victims. The Sumidagawa Hanabi Taikai launc
 hes roughly 20\,000 shells over the course of an hour\, with professional 
 pyrotechnicians competing for the most inventive and beautiful designs. Th
 e tradition of summer fireworks (hanabi) in Japan is inseparable from Obon
  and the belief that fire guides and honors the spirits of the dead. Food 
 stalls sell cold noodles\, grilled corn\, and kakigori shaved ice\; the hu
 mid night air fills with the smell of gunpowder and the collective "ooh" o
 f the crowd. For many Tokyoites\, the Sumida fireworks mark the peak of th
 e summer matsuri season.\n\nSources\n• japan-guide.com — Fireworks: ht
 tps://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2267.html\n• Britannica — Hanabi: https:/
 /www.britannica.com/art/firework
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270727
SUMMARY:Sumidagawa Hanabi Taikai — Fireworks over the River
DESCRIPTION:Summary\n\nNearly a million spectators in yukata line the banks
  of the Sumida River for one of Tokyo's oldest fireworks displays\, tracin
 g its origins to 1733 when the eighth Tokugawa shogun ordered fireworks to
  console the spirits of famine victims. The Sumidagawa Hanabi Taikai launc
 hes roughly 20\,000 shells over the course of an hour\, with professional 
 pyrotechnicians competing for the most inventive and beautiful designs. Th
 e tradition of summer fireworks (hanabi) in Japan is inseparable from Obon
  and the belief that fire guides and honors the spirits of the dead. Food 
 stalls sell cold noodles\, grilled corn\, and kakigori shaved ice\; the hu
 mid night air fills with the smell of gunpowder and the collective "ooh" o
 f the crowd. For many Tokyoites\, the Sumida fireworks mark the peak of th
 e summer matsuri season.\n\nSources\n• japan-guide.com — Fireworks: ht
 tps://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2267.html\n• Britannica — Hanabi: https:/
 /www.britannica.com/art/firework
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