Local children take part in the "hokonagashi" spear-floating ritual that opens the annual Tenjin festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2026.
Local children take part in the "hokonagashi" spear-floating ritual that opens the annual Tenjin festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2026.
Local children take part in the "hokonagashi" spear-floating ritual that opens the annual Tenjin festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2026.
Danjiri floats are lined up as danjiri music is performed with flutes, bells and drums during the Ueno Tenjin Festival on April 19, 2026 in Ueno...
Danjiri floats are lined up as danjiri music is performed with flutes, bells and drums during the Ueno Tenjin Festival on April 19, 2026 in Ueno...
Danjiri floats are lined up as danjiri music is performed with flutes, bells and drums during the Ueno Tenjin Festival on April 19, 2026 in Ueno...
Danjiri floats are lined up as danjiri music is performed with flutes, bells and drums during the Ueno Tenjin Festival on April 19, 2026 in Ueno...
Portrait of a young man wearing a traditional headdress during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto...
Shinto priests and participants start the land procession during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto...
Characters in traditional costumes prepare to start the land procession during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most...
Portrait of a Shinto priest preparing to start the land procession during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important...
Characters in traditional costumes perform Shinto ritual at Tenmangu Temple during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most...
Portrait of a young man wearing a traditional headdress during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto...
Shinto priest perform Shinto ritual at Tenmangu temple during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto...
Portrait of a Shinto priest preparing to start the land procession during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important...
Participants with their decorated wooden chariots, called danjiri, prepare to begin the ground procession at Tenmangu Shrine during the Tenjin...
Participants with their decorated wooden chariots, called danjiri, prepare to begin the ground procession at Tenmangu Shrine during the Tenjin...
Young Shintoists prepare to begin the ground procession carrying the Gohoren, a portable mikoshi in which the deity travels. During the Tenjin...
Young Shintoists prepare to begin the ground procession carrying the Gohoren, a portable mikoshi in which the deity travels. During the Tenjin...
Young man helps another to arrange his headdress as they prepare to begin the terrestrial procession carrying the Gohoren, a portable mikoshi in...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
People gather on the banks of the Okawa River to witness the river procession called Funatogyo, part of the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is...
Portrait of the child chosen as a shindo . During the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto festivals in...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Portrait of the child chosen as a shindo . During the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto festivals in...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Portrait of the child chosen as a shindo . During the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto festivals in...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Mikoshi bearers participate in the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of the three most important Shinto festivals in Japan, dating back...
Participants in the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival perform the Shishimai lion dance. This is one of the three most important Shinto festivals in...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
View of the Shishimai leon dance masks during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of Japan's three most important Shinto festivals,...
Young man puts on a Shishimai lion dance mask in front of children during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of Japan's three major...
Participant in the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival perform the Shishimai lion dance. This is one of the three most important Shinto festivals in...
View of the Shishimai leon dance masks during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of Japan's three most important Shinto festivals,...
Kasaodori dancers perform during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of Japan's three major Shinto festivals, dating back over a thousand...
Kasaodori dancers perform during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of Japan's three major Shinto festivals, dating back over a thousand...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Young man poses for a portrait next to his Shishimai lion dance masks during the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival. This is one of Japan's three major...
Moyoshidaiko participants row dondoko boats along the Okawa River, marking the start of the Funatogyo river procession, part of the Tenjin Matsuri...
Participants in the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival perform the Shishimai lion dance. This is one of the three most important Shinto festivals in...
Participant in the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival prepares to perform the Shishimai lion dance. This is one of the three most important Shinto...
Participants in the Tenjin Matsuri summer festival prepare to perform the Shishimai lion dance. This is one of the three most important Shinto...
Fireworks light up the night sky on July 25 during the annual Tenjin festival in the western Japan city of Osaka.
Fireworks light up the night sky on July 25 during the "Funatogyo" boat procession, the highlight of the annual Tenjin festival, with about 100 boats...
Fireworks light up the night sky on July 25 during the "Funatogyo" boat procession, the highlight of the annual Tenjin festival, with about 100 boats...
Fireworks light up the night sky on July 25 during the annual Tenjin festival in the western Japan city of Osaka.
Children take part in the "hokonagashi" spear-floating ritual of the annual Tenjin festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.
Children take part in the "hokonagashi" spear-floating ritual of the annual Tenjin festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.
Parishioners carry a mikoshi, portable shrine on a boat at Funatogyo, river crossing ritual during the Osaka Tenjin Festival at Dojimagawa River on...
Boats gather ahead of the Funatogyo, river crossing ritual during the Osaka Tenjin Festival at Dojimagawa River circa July 1960 in Osaka, Japan.
Parishioners carrying a mikoshi, portable shrine prepare to get aboard prior to the Funatogyo, river crossing ritual during the Osaka Tenmangu Shrine...
Parishioners gather at the Osaka Tenmangu Shrine during the Tenjin Festival on July 24, 1924 in Osaka, Japan.
Parishioners carrying a mikoshi, portable shrine prepare to get aboard prior to the Funatogyo, river crossing ritual during the Osaka Tenmangu Shrine...
