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Nagasaki Lantern Festival is like Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in real life

Local resident reveals the secret spots you won’t want to miss during this breathtaking festival. 

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Tokyo’s Imperial Palace to hold Floating Lantern Ceremony for first time in three years

The breathtaking event is back after being cancelled due to the pandemic.

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Tokyo restaurant’s bright idea: Lantern pods for you to sit in while you eat【Photos】

Centuries-old Kyoto craft workshop teams up with Tokyo luxury hotel for an unprecedented portioning system.

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Wear a Japanese lantern on your head with the new Chochin Cap from Kyoto

Who needs a baseball cap when you can shade your face with a paper lantern instead?

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Nagasaki Lantern Festival: An awesome event that will whisk you away into a celestial world【Pics】

Filled with marvelous displays and breathtaking performances, this is one festival you won’t want to miss.

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The Nagasaki Lantern Festival gives the city an amazing ethereal atmosphere for just a few nights every February.

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Southern city’s lunar New Year celebration is even more ethereally beautiful when viewed from the rails.

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That’s no moon…it’s a Japanese-style Death Star lantern!

In a short, short time from now, this awesome Star Wars lantern could be in a room very, very close to you.

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Epic lantern festival in Niigata rivals the Yi Peng festival in sheer beauty【Photos & Video】

If you are in Niigata this March, you can live out your Tangled fantasy with a breathtaking view of floating lanterns that rival the beauty of the Disney movie and the festival in Thailand that inspired the film’s iconic scene.

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We checked out tourou nagashi in Asakusa and loved the beautiful floating lanterns!

In case no one told you, it’s obon this week in Japan! For many people this means a well-deserved long vacation and a trip home. It also means lots of fun cultural events. As you may know, obon is a Buddhist holiday all about the spirits of deceased ancestors coming back for a short visit. Tourou nagashi, literally “lanterns flowing,” is a special ceremony where, as the name implies, lanterns are set afloat, usually down a river. It’s a fun way to spend your evening and an incredible sight as well! This week, we headed to Azuma Bridge in Asakusa, Tokyo to check out the ceremony!

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