Many summer festivals in Japan were either originally associated with Urabon-e festival, Tanabata festival, Gion festival, and other festivals, or had a peripheral relationship with them.
日本の夏祭りの多くは、起源的には盂蘭盆会・七夕・祇園祭などが絡んだものや、その周辺的な行事であるものが多い。