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A street with decorations for the Tanabata Festival. A crowd of people is gathered.

A chindon-ya; a group of musicians and performers who advertise for a particular shop or product.

People attending a carnival walk near a number of rides.

Several cars of an amusement park ride filled with an arrayof children.

A group of people stands in a gravel plaza. They are in various forms of formal dress, and some hold large paddles or fans.

A line of people in yellow robes march through a gravel lot. The lead marcher carries a penant, possibly with the Buddhist mantra "Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō" (南無妙法蓮華経)

A demon mask worn for the Setsubun, which is marked February 3, the day before the start of spring in the lunar calendar. This holiday practices the custom of mamemaki ("bean scattering"), when households would throw beans out the door or at a family…

Possibly an Obon festival. A large number of paper lanterns hanging from a structure that is hard to see in the photograph. People are standing underneath.

Decorations for the Tanabata Festival, possibly in Hiratsuka.

A street with decorations for the Tanabata Festival. A crowd of people is gathered.