A general term for various festivals celebrated in [[summer]] in Japan.

Festival-themed images are usually set at [[night]], and may include such things as:
* characters wearing [[yukata]] (or rarely [[jinbei_(clothes)|jinbei]]) and sometimes [[mask|masks]]
* characters holding [[bagged fish]], [[kinchaku]], [[uchiwa]], or [[water yoyo|water yoyos]]
* [[aerial fireworks]]
* [[food_stand|food stands]] and a wide variety of food, including:
** [[candy apple|candy apples]]
** [[chocolate banana|chocolate bananas]]
** [[cotton candy]]
** [[dango]]
** [[ikayaki]]
** [[sausage|sausages]]
** [[shaved ice]]
** [[takoyaki]]
** [[yakisoba]]
** [[grilled corn]]
* [[paper_lantern|paper lanterns]]
* [[goldfish scooping]] with [[poi_(goldfish_scoop)|poi]]
* [[yo-yo fishing]]
* [[katanuki]]
* [[shooting gallery]]
* [[ring toss]]

h4. See also
* [[Halloween]]
* [[Christmas]]
* [[New Year]]

* Wikipedia (JP): "夏祭り":[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E7%A5%AD%E3%82%8A]
夏祭り 夏祭 夏日祭