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Hanamaki Matsuri (花巻まつり)

A three-night parade of elaborately costumed dashi floats, mikoshi portable shrines and the haunting shika-odori deer dance winds through the streets of this Kenji Miyazawa hometown, celebrating the rice harvest under lantern light.

11 Sept to 13 Sept 2026 · Annual, second Friday-Sunday of September
Hanamaki, Tohoku, Japan
Free
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