Usuki Hachiman Shrine Autumn Festival: Yoimiya (Lantern Festival) in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture , JAPAN

The annual autumn festival of Uofuki Hachiman Shrine is held every year on October 21st (Yoigu) and October 22nd (Hirumiya) in Miyauchi, Aboshi Ward, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, and is one of the largest autumn festivals in Banshu, and is also known as the "Lantern Festival."

"Lantern Procession" , in which men vigorously clash together tall-mounted lanterns attached to the ends of approximately 3-meter-long green bamboo poles