Aki-machi Local Festival
The fire ceremony is a revived tradition dating back to olden times that pays tribute to the spirits of the river.
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The fire ceremony is a revived tradition dating back to olden times that pays tribute to the spirits of the river.
Tokushima city on Shikoku Island is less than an hour away from Tokyo by plane and connects with big cities in Kanasai like Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe via frequent bus services.
We took a train out to Kawasaki to see the wonderful outdoor architecture museum, Nihon Minka-en.
Then it was back on the bullet train and on to Kyushu Island and Kumamoto Prefecture, where Ken currently works for the prefectural tourism division promoting American awareness of Japanese culture.
We spent the next two days in the Aso Caldera, a vast bowl some 80 kilometers across left by the collapse of a prehistoric volcano, out of which protrude five newer peaks, one of them-Nakadake-still active.
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