Sendai and green leaves festival

As for the festival of Edo period and a Sendai maximum clan, it was the Sendai festivals.
It started from the age in 1655 (1655) this festival, the clan was given in the festival of done Toshogu shrine on September 17 every year, it was done, and 70 Yamabokos or less paraded under the castle (..Yamaboko.. : only in year when the feudal lord existed in Sendai).
Ramats of the green leaves Shinto shrine that divided into this, enshrined Masamune Date, and made in 1874(It was done on May 24 that was the anniversary of Matsrigotoshuu's death, and it was called the green leaves festival) became active when becoming the Meiji era.
A lot of Yamabokos went out to the city on 250 anniversaries and 300 anniversaries of 1935 after Matsrigotoshuucoubotsu in especially 1885 and it was done grandly.
However, this was broken off by the transportation condition etc. in the latter half of the 1965's, too.
Present green leaves is completely established in 1985 when 350 years were received after Coubotsu now by the one that "Green leaves festival" that had been broken off for years revived as citizens' festivals between the citizens as one of the Sendai 3 large festivals.

Kyoto Gion Matsuri

One and Gion Matsuri of Japanese 3 grand festival are executed and Yasaka Shrine is executed to various divine services and events for 1 month from "Good luck insertion" on July 1 to "Co festival of Shinto shrine summer" on the 31st in the start parishioner district region.

Nebuta festival

"Nebuta of Aomori" specified for important, intangible folk customs cultural asset in country in 1980The fire festival "Aomori Nebuta" of Japan is colorfully held from August 2 every year to the 7th inviting the tourist who exceeds three million people from the whole country and all parts of the world. Is it a whistle, a drum, and a gesture to the theme that burns into Hanet who wears "Nebuta" with various expressions "Bravery, magnificence, and sad melody" and colorful clothes and the mind as for the kabuki and the history and the myth?The night sky burns, and the energy that cannot be suppressed is an overflow at a dash at the moment when the earth shakes, and the festival culminates.