What are some interesting rural cultures in Japan?

Japan is a country that attaches great importance to cultural inheritance, so it has also given birth to many special cultural customs. In this article, we have selected several distinctive and interesting rural cultures in Japan to introduce to you. Mainly fireworks displays, mascot culture and manhole cover culture.

In anime, we often see male and female protagonists wearing yukatas coming to fireworks displays. Under the brilliant fireworks, their relationship heats up. The fireworks display is a traditional custom in Japan that basically starts at the end of every summer. Participants will wear yukata and style their hair in traditional Japanese styles. The fireworks display is very popular, and many people need to reserve seats in advance to have a good viewing position. Every prefecture in Japan has different fireworks displays. After participating in one, many people will rush to the next one to enjoy the time when family and loved ones are having fun together. It is a very romantic custom.

Mascot culture should be a very interesting cultural form unique to Japan. Each prefecture in Japan will launch an interesting and cute mascot, and a mascot competition will be held every year. It can be said that the county showed off its talents and the competition was unique. The well-known Kumamon bear is the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture. It has also brought a large amount of tourism economic income and world popularity to Kumamoto Prefecture.

The so-called manhole cover is actually the common manhole cover of our daily sewers. But the Japanese will paint the manhole covers with very beautiful patterns, and each county is different, and there will be some patterns that are unique to each county. This also makes these manhole covers look like very interesting paintings and works of art, and they also become an interesting attraction when traveling to Japan.