With mirrors, art installations, and a Peter Rabbit garden, this festival is the perfect day trip from Tokyo.
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If approved, the new additions would join one dance already on the list under the collective title of “Elegant Dances.”
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Filled with marvelous displays and breathtaking performances, this is one festival you won’t want to miss.
This “Festival of Tohoku Bonds” continues to pay homage to six of northern Japan’s most important annual festivals all at one time and one place.
In late November a four-day festival of music, food, fashion, and culture will be held, and anyone with a foreign passport will get some VIP treatment.
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