midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
first ceremonial offering of rice by newly enthroned Emperor
summer festival; summer matsuri
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
main festival; main day of a festival
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
winter festival; winter matsuri
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
spring festival; spring matsuri
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival
(traditional) festival music
semi-naked festival; festival in which the participants go naked apart from loin-cloths
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
(rocky) seashore party; seashore festival; celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
Sukkot; Succot; Feast of Tabernacles
festival in honor of Daikokuten
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)
day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
traditional festival in Kiryū City, Saitama
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)