Region 09
KANSAI
Kansai
The momentum of danjiri, the fire of Kumano.
Shiga · Osaka · Hyogo · Nara · Wakayama
Osaka
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
A danjiri (festival cart) festival with more than 300 years of history, which began with an Inari festival held by the lord of Kishiwada in the mid-Edo period to pray for abundant harvests.
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Wakayama
Nachi Ogi Matsuri (Nachi Fire Festival)
The grand annual festival of Kumano Nachi Taisha, in which twelve fan-shaped mikoshi travel from the main sanctuary to Nachi Falls while twelve great torches purify their path with fire.
Typically: Annually on July 14