Region 03
KANTO
Kanto
Festival floats, music, and fireworks over great rivers.
Ibaraki · Tochigi · Gunma · Saitama · Chiba · Kanagawa
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Saitama
Chichibu Night Festival
The grand annual festival of Chichibu Shrine, known for the hauling of its kasaboko and yatai floats, kabuki staged on the floats and fireworks in the winter sky. As "Chichibu Matsuri no Yatai Gyōji to Kagura" it is a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property and one of the UNESCO-inscribed "Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan."
Typically: Annually, December 2 (eve) and December 3 (main festival)
Ibaraki
Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition
A fireworks competition in which pyrotechnicians from across Japan compete for the nation's top honor, in three categories: star mine, 10-go shells and creative fireworks.