If you want to contribute articles or sponsor Japan Cheapo, get in touch! 2023 Annual Diablo Japanese Summer Festival Event - Bon Odori (2 Days) Japanese Food Booths, Taiko . Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival, Island of Hawaii, TBC Mar 2022 This started in the Heian Period (794 to 1185) when people held a similar event to pray for good fortune. Festival & Events . Check out the latest lineups and news from festival around the world. A ritual dating back over 1200 years. Early. Rescheduled. New beginnings in early spring. Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival), held every year on March 3, has its roots in an ancient Chinese purification ceremony in which evil was transferred to doll surrogates (katashiro) which were then cast away on a river. Latest on Tokyo Big Sight. Knotfest Japan 2023. Konomiya Shrine, Aichi Prefecture FIS & SAJ Official Competitions 2023. It's regularly updated and always growing. Traditional Japanese festivals, on the other hand, are generally large public gatherings with marches, dances, fireworks, street traders, artwork, and other forms of entertainment. Hokyo-ji Temple, Kyoto } See a listing of Japanese festivals (matsuri) by prefecture for March. Flower blossoms from the peach tree are seen as harbingers of spring; they ward off evil spirits, too, and these are some reasons they are essential to this festival. Tokyo Calendar (2022 & 2023) posted by John Spacey, November 14, 2009 updated on March 18, 2015. Jingu Temple, Obama, Fukui Prefecture About the First Niigata International Film Festival. Yamato is a small town south west from Niigata city. Because of the difficulty of forecasting full bloom dates in a normal year, I would wait until next February or March to finalize your 2023 cherry . Japan March 2023 . Mardi Gras, Statewide, 21 Feb 2023. We cant help but love that. Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture If you want to contribute to or sponsor Tokyo Cheapo, get in touch. When: March 17-22, 2023.