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