The Chichibu Night Festival, registered by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, lights up the western Saitama city every winter with a parade of massive floats and a stunning fireworks display.

Together with Kyoto’s Gion and Saitama’s Chichibu Night Festival, Gifu Prefecture’s Takayama Spring Festival is considered ...

The rockets carry local hopes and prayers high in the sky over Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture ... and in the weeks leading up to the festival, each team makes a different ryusei.

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