Example sentences for: matsuri

How can you use “matsuri” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In early August the resorts on the lakeshore sponsor the dramatic Torii Matsuri festival, when a great wooden arch is set alight and a thousand burning lanterns are sent floating out across the water.

  • With such a highly developed sense of ritual and tradition, Japan’s matsuri (festivals) are much more than just fun for the community: for many they remain integral to life itself.

  • Immediately after Gion, on the 24th and 25th, Osaka holds its flamboyant and mammoth Tenjin Matsuri, starting from the Temmangu shrine.

  • The Sanja Matsuri, held here every year on the third weekend in May, is the biggest, most exuberant festival in Tokyo.

  • The monument to Perry and Harris, not far from the harbor, celebrates these epochal events, as does Shimoda’s annual Kurobune Matsuri (“Black Ship Festival”) in May.


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