Traditions of Osaka
18 traditions tied to Osaka.
🇯🇵 Kishiwada, JapanKishiwada Danjiri Matsuri岸和田だんじり祭
A high-speed festival of wooden shrine floats pulled through Kishiwada, JapanFestival
🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanSetsubun節分
A Japanese ritual of throwing roasted soybeans to banish evil spirits and welcome spring.Festival · Feasts and festival meals
🇯🇵 JapanHadaka Matsuri裸祭り
Japanese festivals where participants clad in loincloths seek luck and purificationSpiritual
🇯🇵 Osaka, JapanTsukimi月見 (Tsukimi) / お月見 (Otsukimi)
A Japanese autumn festival honoring the harvest moon with seasonal foods and pampas grass decorations.Festival · Dinner
🇹🇼 Taichung, TaiwanDajia Mazu Pilgrimage大甲媽祖遶境進香
A nine-day walking procession across central Taiwan honouring the sea goddess MazuSpiritual
🇯🇵 Osaka, JapanTenjin Matsuri天神祭
A major Shinto festival in Osaka featuring a street procession and a river boat parade on the Okawa River.Festival
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan and 5 moreTaiko太鼓 (taiko)
Japanese drums, and the ensemble style of playing themPerformance
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Setsubun: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hadaka Matsuri: CES, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage: Mazubobee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tsukimi: katorisi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Tenjin Matsuri: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri: Kounosu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Taiko: Ohno.A, CC BY-SA 4.0, source