Play word オリンピア祭 オリンピア祭 オリンピアさい Festival of Zeus (held at Olympia every four years from 776 BCE to 393 BCE)
Play word 陰祭 陰祭 かげまつり minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
Play word 祇園祭 祇園祭 ぎおんまつり Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
Play word 血祭にあげる 血祭にあげる ちまつりにあげる to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits
Play word 皇霊祭 皇霊祭 こうれいさい equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
Play word 祭り込む 祭り込む まつりこむ to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her
Play word 式年祭 式年祭 しきねんさい imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
Play word 式年遷宮祭 式年遷宮祭 しきねんせんぐうさい fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)