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Favorite Rural Matsuri (Festivals) Advice - 02-03-2010, 10:58 AM

Hi Everyone,

What are your favorite rural matsuri? I am tired of the large city matsuri and love the traditional ones in small towns. I am hoping to return to Japan sometime this year with my wife (she is Japanese from Tokyo) and I want to introduce her to the countryside where people really get into the festivals, (and really really drunk)

I'll start it off with two of my favorites:

Wajima Taisai, in Wajima-shi Ishikawa-ken
Great old style festival full of kirko lanterns, mikoshi in the sea, and a fight over burning strips of paper

Sagicho Matsuri, Omihachiman-shi Shiga-ken
Fighting matsuri where large mikoshi are slammed into each other and then burned

Thanks, and I am looking forward to finding some new hidden gems.

Todd
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I like the Danjiri Fight Festival in August in Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref.
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I like the Danjiri Fight Festival in August in Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref.
Never heard of this festival, what is it about?
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This video might help....

Danjiri<尼崎 築地 だんじり山あわせ 2009> - AOL Video
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Ayabe's is really cool.

And, of course, I am partial to Fukuchiyama's.


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I like the Danjiri Fight Festival in August in Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref.
How about a much "harder" Danjiri in Kishiwada, Osaka? Been wanting to go see it.

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Ayabe's is really cool.

And, of course, I am partial to Fukuchiyama's.
Which matsuri do you mean? do these towns have Danjiri as well?

Osaka's Danjiri is great but WAY too many people, more spectators than participants.
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