List of festivals and events in Kamakura
city kamakura kanagawa prefecture many festival matsuri 祭り event season usually based rich historical heritage often sponsored private business unlike kyoto relatively smallscale event attended mostly local tourist january particular many first month year authority fisherman business artisan organize event pray health safety good prosperous working year kamakuras numerous temple shrine first among city symbol tsurugaoka hachimangū kenchōji organize many event bringing total hundred kamakura ebisu 鎌倉えびす hongakuji celebration ebisu god commerce young woman dressed traditional costume fuku musume sell lucky charm made bamboo sake minamoto yoritomo made ebisu shogunate tutelary god people flock temple wish good new year there similar event tenth called hon ebisu 本えびす time girl distribute fukumochi rice cake nd funaoroshi 船おろし sakanoshita event mark beginning working year local fisherman pray big catch safety boat tangerine thrown sea boat carrying flag gather along coast captain offer sake funadama 船霊 boat guardian kami th funaiwai 船祝い koshigoe see funaoroshi th chōnahajimeshiki 手斧初式 tsurugaoka hachiman event mark beginning working year local construction worker ceremony use traditional working tool festival also commemorates minamoto yoritomo ordered reconstruction main building shrine destroyed fire ceremony take place pm tsurugaoka hachiman th joma shinji 除魔神事 tsurugaoka hachiman festival keep evil spirit away archer shoot target painted word devil th sagichō 左義長 tsurugaoka hachiman paper decoration used new year festivity publicly burned day first day spring usually feb setsubun matsuri 節分祭 tsurugaoka hachiman kenchōji hasedera kamakuragū etc celebration end winter bean scattered air ensure good luck th daikokutōe seiman matsuri 大国祷会成満祭り chōshōji temple ceremony buddhist monk douse cold water pray country safety last day equinoctial week end month dōbutsu ireisai 動物慰霊祭 kōsokuji temple performs funerary rite memory defunct pet dog cat canary nd rd sunday april kamakura matsuri tsurugaoka hachiman location whole week event celebrate city history th kusajishi 草鹿 kamakuragū archer samurai gear shoot arrow straw deer reciting old poem nd sunday goshō jinja reisai 五所神社例祭 goshō jinja faithful carry portable shrine mikoshi zaimokuzas street pm mikoshi carried sea zaimokuza beach first second sunday month koyurugi jinja tenosai 小動神社天王祭 koyurugi jinja procession koshigoes five neighborhood play music welcome coming god warrior doll displayed along street last day festival yasaka jinja mikoshi carried enoshima koshigoe th sanmon kajiwara segakie 三門梶原施餓鬼会 kenchōji funeral rite take place first early morning sanmon gate later repeated expressly soul kajiwara kagetoki first day fall usually th th bonbori matsuri ぼんぼり祭り tsurugaoka hachimangū handdrawn bonbori paper lantern submitted exhibited shrine ground photo lantern th following monday fall saturday full hour firework beach yuigahama th th th tsurugaoka hachimangū reitaisai 鶴岡八幡宮例大祭 famous festival many attraction famous yabusame 流鏑馬 japanese horseback archery take place th october kamakura takiginō 鎌倉薪能 kamakura shrine noh play held shrine kamakura tourist association ticket must reserved advance phone number early november 宝物風入 hōmotsu kazeire treasure display kenchōji engakuji object normally visible public display three day th gochinza kinensai 御鎮座記念祭 tsurugaoka hachimangū celebration founding shrine dark bonfire lighted four maiden perform ritual dance kamakura shōkō kaigijo kamakura kankō bunka kentei kōshiki tekisutobukku japanese kamakura kamakura shunshūsha isbn kamakura today annual event english kamakura city list festival event japanese