SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER HOME
SMASHING WATERMELONS
This is a kind of children's game played on the beach, in which youngsters, who are blindfolded one at a time then spun around, try to smash a watermelon. After the watermelon is smashed, pieces are divided among the children for a refreshing summer treat.
Festival Traditions & Customs
AOMORI NEBUTA MATSURI
HOZUKI ICHI (Ground Cherry Fair)
MIZUKAKE MATSURI
(Water-Throwing Festival)
AWAODORI
TORO NAGASHI
TANABATA (Star Festival)
FIREWORKS
FURIN
SMASHING WATERMELONS
KAKIGORI (Shaved Ice)
TSUYU (Rainy Season)
YAKATA-BUNE (Pleasure Boats)
UNAGI (Eel)
SOMEN (Noodles)


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