print email comment close Japan In-Depth: History & Culture: Traditional Annual Events URL: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/ Description: Collection of descriptions of traditional annual festivals and events in Japan, such as the Sapporo Snow Festival, Setsubun (bean-throwing festival), Soma-Nomaoi (wild horse racing), Dai-Chochin Matsuri (giant lantern festival), Shichi-Go-San (children's shrine-visiting day), and Tori-no-Ichi (rake fair). From the Japan National Tourist Organization. Publisher: Japan National Tourist Organization LII Database Information: Record 22873 created by Jennifer English on 11/06/2006 Last modification on 11/06/2006 Published: 11/08/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22873