Beg. Dec. ~ End Dec. : Miyagase Chrismas Gathering
Various events are held, and a 27-meter tall fir tree at Lake Miyagase is decorated with about 10,000 lights. <Place>
Area around Miyagase-Mizunosato.
Take the bus bound for Miyagase to the end of the line from the North Exit of Hon-Atsugi Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
> Lake Miyagase-ko
Dec. 6 : Mt. Akiba Gongen Hibuse Festival
Solemn performance of an Esoteric Buddhist ceremony. <Place>
Ryokaku-In Temple at Itabashi Odawara City.
Dec. 16 : Gochinza-KinennSai
A Shinto priest dances traditional dances that are handed down in the Imperial Palace.
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Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu at Kamakura City.
10 min walk from Kamakura Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line
> Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine
> Gochinza Kinensai Festival : December 16 (Thu)
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Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu at Kamakura City.
10 min walk from Kamakura Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line
> Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine
> Gochinza Kinensai Festival : December 16 (Thu)
Dec. 17 & 18 : Iizumi Kannon Daruma Fair
The Daruma Doll is a symbol of good luck. <Place>
Iizumi-Kannon Temple at Odawara City.
By bus to Iizumi-Bashi bus stop from Odawara Sta.
> Iizumi Kannon Daruma Doll Fair : December 17 (Thurs) to December 18 (Fri)
Dec. 31 : Joya no Kane (New Year Bells)
Bells ring in temples all over Kanagawa Prefecture on New Year's Eve.
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At each temples in Kanagawa Pre
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At each temples in Kanagawa Pre
Dec. 31 : Joya no Kiteki (New Year Horns)
Horns sound in ships anchored off the Yokohama Port on coming New Year.
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Yokohama Port at Yokohama City.
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Yokohama Port at Yokohama City.