Furano's Annual Belly-Button Festival (July 2019) | If this were any other normal July 28th, Furano City would be alive with the sights and sounds of our annual “Belly-Button Festival”... But all
![Furano Bellybutton Festival "Hokkai Heso Matsuri": July 28 & 29|Events & Festivals|Sightseeing & Flower Spots|Furano Tourism Association Official Website Furano index Furano Bellybutton Festival "Hokkai Heso Matsuri": July 28 & 29|Events & Festivals|Sightseeing & Flower Spots|Furano Tourism Association Official Website Furano index](https://www.furanotourism.com/spro_cms/upimg/l/20130702155741331_67961.jpg)
Furano Bellybutton Festival "Hokkai Heso Matsuri": July 28 & 29|Events & Festivals|Sightseeing & Flower Spots|Furano Tourism Association Official Website Furano index
![A drawing of a face is seen on a man's stomach during a Bellybutton Festival in Shibukawa, northwest of Tokyo, July 26, 2008. Few hundred people took part in the summer festival A drawing of a face is seen on a man's stomach during a Bellybutton Festival in Shibukawa, northwest of Tokyo, July 26, 2008. Few hundred people took part in the summer festival](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D2TX63/a-drawing-of-a-face-is-seen-on-a-mans-stomach-during-a-bellybutton-festival-in-shibukawa-northwest-of-tokyo-july-26-2008-few-hundred-people-took-part-in-the-summer-festival-of-shibukawa-which-claims-that-its-geographic-location-is-at-the-centre-of-the-japanese-islands-and-referring-as-the-bellybutton-of-japan-reutersyuriko-nakao-japan-2D2TX63.jpg)
A drawing of a face is seen on a man's stomach during a Bellybutton Festival in Shibukawa, northwest of Tokyo, July 26, 2008. Few hundred people took part in the summer festival
Furano Bellybutton Festival "Hokkai Heso Matsuri": July 28 & 29|Events & Festivals|Sightseeing & Flower Spots|Furano Tourism Association Official Website Furano index
![Participants with drawings of faces on their stomachs dance during the Bellybutton Festival in Shibukawa, northwest of Tokyo, July 26, 2008. Few hundred people took part in the summer festival of Shibukawa, Participants with drawings of faces on their stomachs dance during the Bellybutton Festival in Shibukawa, northwest of Tokyo, July 26, 2008. Few hundred people took part in the summer festival of Shibukawa,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D212XJ/participants-with-drawings-of-faces-on-their-stomachs-dance-during-the-bellybutton-festival-in-shibukawa-northwest-of-tokyo-july-26-2008-few-hundred-people-took-part-in-the-summer-festival-of-shibukawa-which-claims-that-its-geographic-location-is-at-the-centre-of-the-japanese-islands-and-referring-as-the-bellybutton-of-japan-reutersyuriko-nakao-japan-2D212XJ.jpg)
Participants with drawings of faces on their stomachs dance during the Bellybutton Festival in Shibukawa, northwest of Tokyo, July 26, 2008. Few hundred people took part in the summer festival of Shibukawa,
Furano's famous "Belly Button Festival", celebrating our location at the 'belly button' (centre) of Hokkaido, took place over the past 2 days. Guests Wren and Simon from Washington DC joined the "Heso
![Mondo Mascots on Twitter: "Hesomaru-kun has a bellybutton nose because he's the mascot for the Furano Bellybutton Festival (held each summer in Hokkaido, Japan) where merrymakers paint faces on their tummies and Mondo Mascots on Twitter: "Hesomaru-kun has a bellybutton nose because he's the mascot for the Furano Bellybutton Festival (held each summer in Hokkaido, Japan) where merrymakers paint faces on their tummies and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEtm04qUEAAb5PE.jpg)