Nakasi (Chinese: 那卡西; pinyin: nàkǎxī) or Nagashi (Japanese: 流し) is a traditional popular music form in Japan and Taiwan, most stereotypically associated with elements of working-class culture such as the old tea parlors and drinking bars. One explanation supposes that the word describes the migratory lifestyle of Nakasi musicians ...

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Nakasi (Chinese: 那卡西; pinyin: nàkǎxī) or Nagashi (Japanese: 流し) is a traditional popular music form in Japan and Taiwan, most stereotypically associated with elements of working-class culture such as the old tea parlors and drinking bars.

2017年2月16日 · Toro nagashi (灯籠流し) literally means "flowing lanterns." It is a ceremony in which paper lanterns are released down a river or into the ocean, often performed on the last evening of the summer Obon season, when it's believed that the spirits of one's ancestors return to the living world.

2021年4月19日 · The hauntingly beautiful festival of Toro Nagashi (literally, “floating lanterns”) is one of the major events in Japan’s yearly calendar. Each August, thousands of Japanese lanterns are floated on rivers, traditionally to celebrate the end of O-bon, a Buddhist festival.

2022年3月3日 · Toro nagashi refers to the Japanese river lantern festivals held in summer where participants release candle-lit lanterns into the river together with their prayers for peace. We introduce the background of this ceremony, as well as places where you can see and take part in toro nagashi ceremonies.

2023年2月21日 · Nagashi Somen literally means “flowing noodles.” It is a fun way to eat noodles where you have to catch them. I guess sometimes, you do have to work for your food. The noodles are served in restaurants with long bamboo shoots filled with running water where strings of noodles are dropped in to flow to the customers. When the chef yells ...

2023年6月23日 · Toro Nagashi is a traditional Japanese outdoor candle-lit lantern (toro) ceremony that involves floating small, beautifully designed lanterns on water. These lanterns are crafted using bamboo, wood, stone, or metal frames covered with paper or fabric.

2015年7月16日 · Toro Nagashi can be literally translated "flowing lanterns." It's a Japanese ceremony associated with Obon that involves floating paper lanterns in a river to represent the souls of departed loved ones.

Literally translating to “lantern” and “cruise/float”, respectively, the Japanese Floating Lantern Festival- Toro Nagashi, represents the Japanese concepts of floating paper lanterns down a river.