By NOBORU TOMURA
July 22, 2023 at 17:47 JST
Festival participants with traditional hand-held fireworks at the Yoshida Jinja shrine on July 21 (Tadashi Mizowaki)
The spectacular Toyohashi Gion Matsuri festival, one of the most eye-catching summer events in Japan, features handheld “tube” fireworks that explode in a shower of fiery sparks. [Read More]
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