Know 3 big Matsuri Festival in Japan?

Where is Japan?
Where is Osaka?

3 big Masruti in Japan is Gion Masturi in Kyoto, Kanda Masturi in Tokyo, and Tenjin Masturi in Osaka.

What is Matsuri?
Simply speaking, religious ceremony to thank the god or a festival to celebrate the god. Celebrating god differs by which god the main shrine in the festival worships. There are many gods in Japan. In Japan, there is a word for all the gods in Japan, “Yaoyorozu no kami.” “Yaoyorozu” is spelled “Eight Million” and “Kami” means god. So it is considered that there is eight millon gods in Japan.

Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo was in May, But Gion Matsuri in Kyoto and Tenjin Masturi in Osaka is coming up!
I’ve posted several about Gion Matsuri, so I’ll write about Tenjin Masturi in Osaka.

Tenjin Matsutri is a Matsuri held Tenmangu Shrine in Japan.
Tenmangu Shrine refers to the entire shrine that worship the god called “Sugawara no Michizane.” Known as the god of study. He is a real existing historical figure in Japan.
But the biggest and the most know Tenjin Masturi in Osaka.

Tenjin Masturi in Osaka will start around this weekend. But the climax is the fire works in 25th July. Don’t miss this!

Usefull Links
Osaka Info(Japanese/English/Chinese/Korean)
Tenjin Matsuri(Japanese/English/Chinese/Korean)
Osaka Tenmangu (Japanese)
Map of Tenjin Maturi (English)