What Meiji Emperor Wouldn`t Love a Good Japanese Festival?
There are many annual events, ceremonies and festivals held at Meiji Jingu. Each New Year`s Day over 3 million people visit the shrine, more than at any other shrine in Japan. From grandfathers in suits, to little kids in kimonos and everyone in between, visitors brave the winter cold to pray for good luck for the rest of the year. From April 29th to May 3rd there is the Spring Grand Festival which is famous for its displays of traditional theatre, dance and music. The Autumn Grand Festival, held from November 1st to 3rd has similar traditional entertainment as the spring festival as well as martial arts, archery and horse back archery. If you ask me, any display of shooting arrows at a target while riding a horse at full speed is very, very cool. Leave Meiji Jingu Shrine and discover more about Japan and Japan Travel.
