In this aerial image, floats gather during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on November 3, 2005 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Saga Genkai Farm fishing association on October 30, 2006 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Saga Genkai Farm fishing association on October 30, 2006 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Saga Genkai Farm fishing association on October 30, 2006 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Saga Genkai Farm fishing association on October 30, 2006 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a Karatsu ware factory on October 30, 2006 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Patient is carried from a hospital during the emergency exercise on November 28, 2015 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan. The joint exercise held by Saga,...
Patient is carried from a hospital during the emergency exercise on November 28, 2015 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan. The joint exercise held by Saga,...
Bus is decontaminated during the emergency exercise on November 28, 2015 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan. The joint exercise held by Saga, Fukuoka and...
In this aerial image, resue workers load a stretcher carrying a patient during the emergency exercise on November 28, 2015 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan....
In this aerial image, participants get on boats during the emergency exercise on November 28, 2015 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan. The joint exercise held...
People march on with float 'War Helmet of Uesugi Kenshin' during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on November 2, 2015 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan. The annual...
People march on with float 'War Helmet of Uesugi Kenshin' during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on November 2, 2015 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan. The annual...
People push the float called 'Ho-o Maru' at the sand field during the Hikikomi ritual at the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 3, 2015 in Karatsu,...
Hikiyama floats line up during the Hikikomi ritual at the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 3, 2008 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Hikiyama floats line up during the Hikikomi ritual at the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 3, 2010 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
People march on with illuminated 'Hikiyama' float during the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 2, 2010 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Princess Hisako of Takamado addresses during the opening ceremony of the 420 Class Yacht World Championships opening ceremony on July 20, 2015 in...
Illuminated floats march on during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on November 2, 2011 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Plate decorated with three swallows and three Wisteria branches, late 17th century, enamel stoneware, produced in Karatsu, diameter 12 cm. Japanese...
Sake bottle from a tokkuri decorated with chrysanthemums and bamboo fibres, enamel stoneware, produced in Karatsu, height 29 cm. Japanese...
Platter decorated with concentric circles with Buddhist swords, mountain chrysanthemums and vines, late 17th-early 18th century, enamel stoneware,...符號
Sake bottle with horizontal spiral pattern, 18th century, enamel stoneware, produced in Karatsu, height 20 cm. Japanese civilisation, Edo period,...
Floats called 'Hikiyama' are displayed during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.日本, 1950-1959
Floats called 'Hikiyama' are displayed during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.日本, 1950-1959
Floats called 'Hikiyama' march on during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats called 'Hikiyama' are displayed during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats called 'Hikiyama' are displayed during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats called 'Hikiyama' march on during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats called 'Hikiyama' march on during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats called 'Hikiyama' are displayed during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats called 'Hikiyama' march on during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on October 29, 1953 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Men pull floats called Hikiyama are displayed during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on November 3, 2014 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Men pull floats called Hikiyama into sand field during the Karatsu Kunchi festival on November 3, 2014 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Participants march on with Hikiyama floats during the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 2, 2014 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats are pictured at the Otabisho ritual site during the Karatsu Kunchi autumn festival in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3,...
Floats are carried to the Otabisho ritual site during the Karatsu Kunchi autumn festival in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3,...
Floats are carried to the Otabisho ritual site during the Karatsu Kunchi autumn festival in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3,...
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Hikiyama floats line up one after another along Komeyamachi Street during the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 4, 2025 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
The No. 8 hikiyama float “Golden Lion” parades through city streets on the day after the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 4, 2025 in Karatsu,...
Hikiyama floats line up one after another along Komeyamachi Street during the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 4, 2025 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Hikiyama floats line up one after another along Komeyamachi Street during the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 4, 2025 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
Floats parade through the streets during the Yoiyama Hikiyama procession at the Karatsu Kunchi Festival on November 2, 2025 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan.
