Miyakojima Matsuri (Japanese Festival)
Jul 26
Matsuri (祭り）is the Japanese word for festival, and here in Miyajima (a small island near Okinawa) there are a lot of them. Miyako matsuri is a matsuri held for the celebration of summer and to officially acknowledge the new “Miss Miyako”. There is also a carrying of an omikoshi (a portable shrine carried on the shoulder of a group of participants)...
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