Festivals in Gunma

A snake-shaped portable shrine winds through Oigami Onsen, recalling its local founding legend.

Daruma dolls and lucky charms draw visitors to Maebashi's New Year market.

Participants splash hot-spring water in a winter celebration of Kawarayu's onsen.

Yagibushi dancers gather around lantern-lit towers to the rhythm of festival music.

Illuminated fan-shaped floats and drums fill the streets of Ojima in Ota.

Portable shrines and floats bring summer celebrations to the former castle town of Numata.

Dancers with faces painted on their bellies bring a playful procession to Shibukawa.

Daruma-themed portable shrines and floats fill central Takasaki during its summer festival.

Danbee dancing, mikoshi and Gion floats bring an autumn celebration to central Maebashi.