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春季皇霊祭

しゅんきこうれいさい
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
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舟祭り

船祭り、船祭、舟祭
ふなまつり
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
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後夜祭

こうやさい
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山王祭

さんのうまつり
Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15); Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)
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節祭

せつまつり、しちまつり
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
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火祭

火祭り
ひまつり
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
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結願祭

きつがんさい
festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)
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遷宮祭

せんぐうさい
transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)
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節祭

ぶしまつり
traditional festival in Kiryuu City, Saitama
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三社祭

さんじゃまつり
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo; third weekend of May)