Festival sounds. Sound effects and everyday ambient sounds.
From the lively rhythms of festival music to the thunder of fireworks echoing across the night sky, we’ve gathered the many sounds of matsuri.
Please enjoy the uniquely Japanese ambiance—the essence of summer in Japan.
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- Firework sounds. Sound effects and relaxing ambient sound
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Festival sounds. Sound effects and everyday environmental sounds (11–20)
Garden Festival Sound Effect
This piece conveys the atmosphere of a fairly large-scale festival.
The amplified announcements over the microphone and the crowd erupting in cheers all at once give it a powerful, live-concert-like intensity.
It’s a sound effect that can be effectively used to depict festivals in English-speaking contexts.
Disney Summer Festival Sairyo Kabuki 2016 Audio
It’s a festival music-style beach where Disney characters have been localized with a Japanese flair.
The active, lively tempo pairs wonderfully with festival music, resulting in a polished musical work.
It’s one of the finest pieces among festival sounds, widely enjoyable for all ages.
Lively summer festival (daytime) Kawashiri Hachimangu Grand Festival, 2013-08-28
This work captures the atmosphere of a daytime festival.
While many recordings focus on nighttime food stalls and festival chants, this one is quite distinctive.
It features the bright, lighthearted mood unique to daytime bustle, and it exhibits excellent taste both as crowd ambience and as festival music sound effects.
Tama Center Summer Festival 2016 with Sanrio Puroland Pokopon Ondo 2016/8/6
Is this a piece that filmed a summer festival held at Sanrio Puroland? It conveys how the traditional Japanese festival music is skillfully arranged so that even children can enjoy singing and dancing.
Another highlight is the appearance of popular Sanrio characters like Hello Kitty.
Sounds of Kawagoe: The Toki no Kane Bell and the Kawagoe Festival Hayashi
This work features recordings of sound effects while providing commentary on the Kawagoe Festival, one of Japan’s nationally designated Important Cultural Properties.
It begins with the sound of a temple bell resonating throughout the entire town, followed by the lively rhythms of festival music from cheerful street stalls, making it something many listeners will likely find very enjoyable.
Hamamatsu Air Base Air Show 2016: Blue Impulse Clear-Sky Modified Formation Program 1 (JASDF Blue Impulse)
This is a sound effects piece recorded at an air show, known for scenes of the Blue Impulse in flight.
Set against BGM that perfectly matches the festive mood, the crowd’s cheers are captured at a very high volume, vividly conveying a lively, joyous atmosphere.
Festival sounds. Sound effects and everyday environmental sounds (21–30)
Various Festival Hayashi Collection – about 40 pieces (CD No. 6) Japanese festival “matsuri” music
This work contains an extensive collection of forty festival music pieces.
It lets you compare the distinctive chants and rhythms used in a wide range of festivals, large and small, making it irresistible for those who love the sounds of festivals.
Each festival is filled with its own unique atmosphere, offering a vivid sense of the summertime festival spirit.