Festivals of Japan

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Across
  1. 2. Kyotos huge July festival with grand wooden floats
  2. 7. February ritual where roasted beans are thrown to drive out demons
  3. 11. Tokushimas lively summer dance festival
  4. 13. Star festival held in July with wishes tied to bamboo branches
  5. 14. Aomori festival famous for giant glowing paper figures
  6. 15. Colourful carp streamers flown for Childrens Day
Down
  1. 1. Portable shrine that is carried through the streets
  2. 3. Girls Day doll festival held on the third of March
  3. 4. Light cotton summer kimono worn to festivals
  4. 5. Japanese word for fireworks that light up summer nights
  5. 6. General Japanese word for a festival
  6. 8. First shrine visit of the new year
  7. 9. Hokkaido city whose snow festival is world famous
  8. 10. Spring festival of cherry blossom viewing
  9. 12. Summer festival honouring the spirits of ancestors