Take this kiss upon the
brow! And, in parting
from you now, Thus much let me
avow - You are not wrong
who deem, That my days
have been a dream; Yet if hope has
flown away In a night, or in
a day, In a vision, or in
none, Is it therefore
the less gone? All that we see or
seem Is but a dream
within a dream.
Edgar
Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Throughout
Japan, hundreds of festivals are taking place every year. Some more
important than others.
It would be impossible to sum them all on this site; so therefor here a
selection of the vast supply.
Some
of these festovals have their own website. The links to these sites are
shown. The order in which the festivals appear does not reflect any
ranking of what kind so ever.
The
pictures you'll see are (mostly) taken directly from these sites. So,
they must not be used for any other purpose. Should you want to use
these pictures anyhow then please contact the webmaster of
that
particular site and ask for permission.
A
good deal of the here below mentioned websites are often exclusively in
Japanese.
You, who don't speak Japanese, not to worry. On the following site: http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/you
can type (or copy & paste) in the field "URL:" the
address of
one of the links below. Then thick the selection button
(below
the "URL" field, yes)
and then just click on "Translate" (that is the orange-rimmed button)
on the right of the URL field. You'll get by return the Japanese site
neatly translated into English. Or something that strongly resembles
English anyway. With some goodwill you'll be able to grasp what's
written.
But, keep on searching. Undoubtedly there are other sites also offering
this kind of service (Google?).
Some
festivals have not yet conquered the internet and of others we were
able to gather special material (usualy pictures). Those festivals and
pictures we would like to share with you.
