Festival Jepang

Festival Jepang adalah acara perayaan tradisional. Beberapa festival asal mulanya dari festival Tionghoa berabad-abad yang lalu, tetapi telah mengalami perubahan besar karena bercampur dengan adat dan tradisi setempat.

Menyusul diaspora Jepang, banyak tempat di seluruh dunia merayakan festival serupa, yang sering disebut matsuri. Brasil memiliki populasi nikkei terbesar kedua di dunia dan beberapa kota Brasil menjadi tuan rumah matsuri seperti São Paulo dan Curitiba. Amerika Serikat memiliki populasi nikkei terbesar ketiga di dunia dan beberapa kota di Amerika yang menjadi tuan rumah matsuri seperti Los Angeles, San Jose dan Phoenix.

Catatan

Referensi 
 mothra.rerf.or.jp::hiroshima::about matsuri an external article covering the topic
 2008 Ministry of Land, I. T. (n.d.). 2008 Chitose-Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from Yokoso! Japan Weeks: http://www.yjw2008.jp/eng/info.php?no=241
 Bernard, S. (July 11, 2007). Nango Holds Summer Jazz Festival. Retrieved August 9, 2009, from About.com: https://web.archive.org/web/20110612014351/http://www.misawa.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123060239
 Gianola, D. (February 3, 2008). Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from VR Mag: http://www.vrmag.org/issue29/CHITOSE_LAKE_SHIKOTSU_ICE_FESTIVAL.html 
 Japan-Guide.com. (n.d.). Sapporo Snow Festival. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from Japan-Guide.com: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5311.html 
 MisawaJapan.com. (n.d.). Lake Towada Winter Festival. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from MisawaJapan.com: http://www.misawajapan.com/festivals/others/towada_winter.asp 
 Mishima, S. (n.d.). Aomori Nebuta Festival. Retrieved August 9, 2009, from About.com: https://web.archive.org/web/20090227134339/http://gojapan.about.com/cs/tohokuregion1/a/aomorinebuta.htm
 Mishima, S. (n.d.). Cherry Blossom Festivals 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2009, from About.com: http://gojapan.about.com/cs/cherryblossoms/a/sakurafestival.htm 
 Primack, R., Higuchi, H., & Miller-Rushing, A. (September 2009). The impact of climate change on cherry trees and other species in Japan. Retrieved August 9, 2009, from EBSCO Host: http://web.ebscohost.com/

Pranala luar 
 Situs resmi
 Festivals all over Japan —Japan Atlas
 Japan National Tourist Organization  (photo library)
 UNESCO Intangible Heritage: Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan  – UNESCO
 Situs Matsuri
 Matsuri Festival in Phoenix, Arizona 
 Matsuri Photos of Shinto shrine  (English version)
 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia 
 Matsuri Calendar(Japanese)
 Situs / galeri pribadi
 JCITI.COM  about Nagoya, see festivals section.
 Reggie.net —photographs of Neputa floats in Hirosaki.
 Description of the Odawara Omatsuri festival—archived.
 The Digital Matsuri Project —Japanese festival videos

Festival Shinto
Budaya Jepang
Hari libur tradisional