The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival brings the streets of Fukuoka, Kyūshū, to vibrant life for the first two weeks of July, as teams of men race colossal floats through the streets of the city.

FUKUOKA -- Spectators cheered loudly as men carrying seven Yamakasa floats energetically ... Japan city on July 13 as part of the ongoing Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival. The "Shudan Yamamise ...

FUKUOKA--The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival will make its long-awaited return after three years, scheduled to be held in its usual form from July 1 to 15. It will feature "kakiyama" floats racing ...

In an ordinary year here in Fukuoka, there is a whole slew of natsu matsuri—from Hakata Gion Yamakasa in early July ... another one at my boys’ elementary school. Hakata is by no means unique when it ...

The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promotion Association said participants were required to take their temperature every day, and those with temperatures 37.5 degrees or higher were not allowed to participate.

Toshimi Akiyoshi, 57, was fatally injured during the climax of the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival, when people race decorated floats through the streets of Fukuoka early in the morning.

All articles from the other regional websites in your area Jaap tells me about the Hakata Gion Yamakasa summer festival, celebrated here each year in July. The Kushida-jinja shrine is the starting ...

The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival brings the streets of Fukuoka, Kyūshū, to vibrant life for the first two weeks of July, as teams of men race colossal floats through the streets of the city.