Holding 4.5m lantern sticks they run in Kamotsuba Shrine. Very powerful! Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

“I am happy wearing happi (festival coat)!” at Tsushima Shrine in Nara. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

The frog in the Frog Hopping Ceremony was supposed to be a bad guy, but he was actually nice to people. You can see a smile in the frog’s mouth…

  A man who was turned into a frog turns back to human by sutra chanting. “Frog Hopping Ceremony” at Kimpusen-ji Temple in Nara.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

Carrying a portable shrine with a man in a frog costume, they ran up stairs! “Frog Hopping Ceremony” at Kimpusen-ji Temple in Nara. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is…

“Raindrops keep falling on my head.” But no worries, just pray. Yata Temple in Nara. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

Jizo Bosatsu at Yata Temple in Nara. Looks like kids are badgering their parent for something (^_^) Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!…

Shrine maidens were doing summer-cleaning at Omiwa Shrine. The sticks with paper streamers are not dusters but onusa, wands used in Shinto rituals. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is…

“Summer purification rite” at Omiwa Shrine, in Nara. They walk through the straw ring to purify themselves. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!…

They seem to feel relieved after transferal ceremony at Den-Den Festival held at Isonokami Shrine in Nara. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!…

There were a lot of fireflies dancing in Mitsue Village, Nara. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!