51th Belly button Festival was held on 28-29 July 2019 in Furano, Hokkaido. ** Parade starts at 5:25 on video. **
(FURANO HOKKAI HESO MATSURI 富良野北海へそ祭り) Participants draw colourful big faces on their chests and tummies and wear special costumes with arms hanging out from their waists and big hats that cover their real head. It will appear that a short person with a big head (the real tummy) is walking on the streets. There are dances and performances on stage as well as street food stalls in the afternoon leading on to the street parade at 7pm. The street parade features the big-head-participants dancing continuously to the 'broken recorder' backgroud live song for 1 full hour from 7pm-8pm.
Hokkaido's Belly-Button is Furano. This is its festival!
The Heso Matsuri Festival, Japan
The ''Bellybutton Dance’’ at the yearly Heso Matsuri Festival in Furano, in the centre of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. Men have painted grotesque faces on their chest and stomach, giving, with the large hat and wooden arms, the impression of a small man with a very large head!
Hokkaido Furano Heso Matsuri
Hokkaido's Belly-Button is Furano. This is its festival!
Hokkaido Furano Heso Matsuri
Hokkaido's Belly-Button is Furano. This is its festival!
【公式】Furano Heso Fes 2018~北海へそ祭りイメージムービー~
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Start of Heso Matsuri Festival, Japan
Demonstrating the ''Bellybutton Dance’’, at the yearly Heso Matsuri Festival in Furano, in the centre of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. Men have painted grotesque faces on their chest and stomach, giving, with the large hat and wooden arms, the impression of a small man with a very large head!
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Hokkai Heso Matsuri 北海へそ祭り 2019 Video Took with DJI Osmo Pocket
Furano Heso Festival
can only do this festival justice by recording a video. The music you hear: is an actual orchestra and singers... they sang one continuous song for over an hour!
Children’s Parade, Heso Matsuri Festival, Japan
The Children’s parade, where groups of children dance along the street to the Heso Matsuri song at the start of the ''Bellybutton Dance’’, the yearly Heso Matsuri Festival in Furano, in the centre of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. After this the Hokushin shrine is paraded, a portable shrine, an ancient Japanese custom.