14th

Otaue-Shinji, Rice-Planting Festival of Sumiyoshi Shrine in Osaka. Young girls in traditional farmers' costumes ceremoniously transplant rice seedlings in the shrine’s paddies in prayer for a good harvest.
 

2nd Saturday

Chagu-Chagu Umakko or Horse Festival in Morioka. A number of colorfully decorated horses parade through the streets to Hachimangu Shrine.

Around 10th-l6th

Sanno Festival of Hie Shrine in Tokyo features a procession of portable shrines through the busy streets around the Akasaka district

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