![Local Mikoshi Festival at Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD] @ohayuni71](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oOZdnchuUoQ/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded July 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Numerous matsuri, or Shinto festivals, take place during summer to autumn in Japan. Usually they are held at a Shinto shrine to welcome Shinto gods who are related to the community and ask them for prosperity and good harvests. Many of the festivals have mikoshi parades in which people march through a town with carrying mikoshi, or portable Shinto shrines.
The mikoshi festival was also held at a shrine near my place on the national holiday, Marine Day. People gathered and paraded ebulliently although it was a pretty hot and humid day.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 16th, 2012
Numerous matsuri, or Shinto festivals, take place during summer to autumn in Japan. Usually they are held at a Shinto shrine to welcome Shinto gods who are related to the community and ask them for prosperity and good harvests. Many of the festivals have mikoshi parades in which people march through a town with carrying mikoshi, or portable Shinto shrines.
The mikoshi festival was also held at a shrine near my place on the national holiday, Marine Day. People gathered and paraded ebulliently although it was a pretty hot and humid day.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 16th, 2012
![Local Mikoshi Festival at Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oOZdnchuUoQ/mqdefault.jpg "Local Mikoshi Festival at Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]
Numerous matsuri, or Shinto festivals, take place during summer to autumn in Japan. Usually they are held at a Shinto shrine to welcome Shinto gods who are related to the community and ask them for prosperity and good harvests. Many of the festivals have mikoshi parades in which people march through a town with carrying mikoshi, or portable Shinto shrines.
The mikoshi festival was also held at a shrine near my place on the national holiday, Marine Day. People gathered and paraded ebulliently although it was a pretty hot and humid day.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 16th, 2012")
![Hatsumode, First Shrine Visit of New Year in Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ojiuWNYK4PM/mqdefault.jpg "Hatsumode, First Shrine Visit of New Year in Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]
For many Japanese, the first thing to do at the start of a year is hatsumode. People visit a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple and make a wish for the coming year. Some of them do that as soon as the year changes. If you would like to worship at a famous shrine or a temple, you have to get in a line for several hours at the mid-winter midnight.
Even at the small shrine near my place, every year, the precincts are filled with old and young and the line of worshippers continues to the street outside. Kids, who are always told to go to bed early, are also allowed to stay up on the day.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jan. 1st, 2013")
![Glimpses of Tokyo 2012 - 2013 [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/owJLQrEudjM/mqdefault.jpg "Glimpses of Tokyo 2012 - 2013 [iPhone 4S/HD]
Enjoy the two-minute virtual Tokyo tour!
All footage was taken with an iPhone 4S from March 2012 to April 2013.
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Music by DOVA SYNDROME http://dova-s.jp/
雅楽と電子楽器:http://dova-s.jp/bgm/play246.html")
![Tokyo View from the Drivers Cabin of a Train [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p95cQ4UD33s/mqdefault.jpg "Tokyo View from the Drivers Cabin of a Train [iPhone 4S/HD]
From Tokyo Station to Hamamatsucho Station, the Keihin-Tohoku Line.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 26th, 2012")
![Mikoshi at Tatara Festival 2014, Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pD-z8MJnorU/mqdefault.jpg "Mikoshi at Tatara Festival 2014, Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]
Visit to learn more about this festival:
Tatara Festival 2012, Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdggFCriNWM
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Aug. 3rd, 2014")
![Katsushika Fireworks Festival 2012 at Shibamata, Tokyo [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pFgu28McAmw/mqdefault.jpg "Katsushika Fireworks Festival 2012 at Shibamata, Tokyo [iPhone 4S/HD]
In Japan, fireworks are a feature of summer. Hundreds of fireworks shows take place all over Japan during summer and millions of people go see them.
Katsushika Fireworks Festival, held at Shibamata, Katsushika, marked the beginning of the shows of this summer in Tokyo. Over 10,000 colorful fireworks lit up the summer night sky and over a half million people enjoyed the spectacle.
The fireworks season has just begun. Numerous shows are following this. Folks living in Japan, dont miss them!
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 24th, 2012")
![Daikanyama T-Site, Stylish Commercial Complex by Tsutaya [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pnv71tmG23Q/mqdefault.jpg "Daikanyama T-Site, Stylish Commercial Complex by Tsutaya [iPhone 4S/HD]
Tsutaya, the largest music and video rental chain in Japan, was the first company which implemented the idea of selling books at video rental stores.
They opened Daikanyama T-Site in the Daikanyama of Tokyo, a stylish commercial complex centering on its large bookstore. You can browse books sitting on a chair or a sofa before buying them at the store.
The facility has various stores: restaurants, cafes, a clinic, a toy store, a dog salon, a camera store, an electric power-assisted bike store, and so on. It would be a good idea to enjoy shopping after browsing and buying books or read a book you bought while drinking good coffee at a cafe.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 31st, 2012")
![Karate Performance at Local Shopping Street Festival, Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qm5rHvnBvDY/mqdefault.jpg "Karate Performance at Local Shopping Street Festival, Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]
A small festival was held at a local shopping street near my place on a sunny Sunday. A karate center beside the street presented this performance there. Watching them destroying boards, bats or something with their bare hands and foot, I was like Ouch!
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on May 27th, 2012")
![Tanabata Festival at Local Shopping Street, Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qs-Kk_G2N_o/mqdefault.jpg "Tanabata Festival at Local Shopping Street, Kawaguchi, Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]
Based on the Chinese myth about the star Vega and the star Altair separated by the Milky Way, a lot of festivities take place in some Asian countries around on July 7th. Here in Japan, the day is called Tanabata and Tanabata Festivals are held here and there. People say that your wish will come true when you wish upon stars on that day. At the festivals, you can see decorations that remind you of the Milky Way and colorful paper strips on which people wrote their wishes.
A Tanabata Festival is held also at a local shopping street near my place every year. Despite the rainy season, a lot of people gather there, enjoy the festival and wish upon stars.
Click below and check the description to learn more about the Chinese myth and Tanabata!
http://youtu.be/QDzpNXClChA
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 6th, 2012")
