Meanings

strange festival

school festival

university festival

religious ceremony (to appease the gods)

shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest

shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest

Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22)

shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)

transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)

regularly held festival

festival held by imperial order

ridgepole-raising ceremony

Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)

Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)

imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)

fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox

Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox