Taisho (Greater Heat)

Yakatabune and the Sumida River Fireworks Festival. (© Pixta)

Rhinoceros beetles (left) and a stag beetle. (© Pixta)

An ancient warrior helmet (kabuto), after which the rhinoceros beetle is named in Japanese. It has a kuwagata attached to the front. (© Pixta)

Uchimizu. (© Pixta)

Uchiwa (left) and sensu. (© Pixta)

Floating shrines in the Tenjin Festival. (© Pixta)

Aomori Nebuta Festival held for the first time in three years on August 2, 2022. (© Jiji)

Akita Kantō Festival in Akita, Akita Prefecture. (©Jiji)

Sendai Tanabata Festival. (© Pixta)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. (© Pixta)

Ōhashi atake no yūdachi (Sudden Shower Over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake), 1857, by Utagawa Hiroshige, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.

Nōryōyuka on the Kamo River (left) and kawadoko in Kibune. (© Pixta)

Gōya chanpurū (© Pixta)

Gōya grown to create a “green curtain.” (© Pixta)

Tōgan (left) and tōgan soup. (© Pixta)

Edamame and beer. (© Pixta)