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165: Why 2023 will be a deciding year for Japan’s iconic summer festivals
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As the population gets older do we risk losing the summer festivals that make Japan unique? Alex K.T. Martin joins Deep Dive to discuss this and other demographic-related woes the country faces.
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Alex K.T. Martin: Articles | Twitter | Instagram
Hosted by Shaun McKenna and produced by Dave Cortez.
On this episode:
Shaun McKenna: Articles | Twitter | Instagram
Alex K.T. Martin: Articles | Twitter | Instagram
Read more:
- Inside Japan’s oldest village (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times)
- In Japan, plenty of inheritances, but no one to claim them (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times)
- Japan was the future but it’s stuck in the past (Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC)
- Does the pure joy seen at this year’s Sanja Matsuri hint at a summer of celebration? (Johan Brooks, The Japan Times)
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Photo: A man stands atop a float holding a portable shrine at this year’s Sanja Festival in Tokyo. | JOHAN BROOKS
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