Oct 7–9

naGasaKi, japan

ʻKunchiʼ means ʻautumn festivalʼ in a Kyushu dialect. Designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural asset, this festival originated some 400 years ago and features lively street performances called dashimono. They present huge decorated umbrellas, floats in the form of Dutch and Chinese ships, floats with representations of the seven Japanese deities and dancing dragons. The seven towns in Nagasaki take turns to showcase their dashimono and only one will do so each year.