Kanagawa Prefecture・Yokohama City
Honchi (spider fighting)
A serious contest between tiny spiders, passed down in Yokohama
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Niigata Prefecture・Itoigawa City
Omi’s Take no Karakai
A Little New Year’s event dividing Omi into east and west, with wishes for a good harvest entrusted to bamboo
Fukui Prefecture・Tsuruga City
Dengara Gan
An event in Hamazato, Kutsu, where people pull prayer beads and wish for a good catch and happiness
Nagano Prefecture・Komoro City
Mikage Shinden Dosojin Festival
The Mikage Shinden Dosojin Festival, passed down through dashi aglow with lanterns
Nagano Prefecture・Ikeda Town
Ikeda Hachiman Shrine Festival
A traditional grand festival with 8 floats and 2 boats bringing color to Ikeda
Nagano Prefecture・Takamori Town
Hagiyama Shrine Mishayama Festival
Takemori Town’s Mishayama Festival: ancient traditions housed in a thatched hut
Aichi Prefecture・Toyohashi City
A shrine procession festival centered on the ritual sumo of Muro Hachimangu Shrine
Muro Ritual Sumo, Conveyed Through Silent Gestures and a Ring Marked with Sakaki Leaves
Mie Prefecture・Kuwana City
Tado Taisha Shrine Ageuma Ritual
A harvest-prayer ritual with horses and riders galloping up Tado’s slope
Shiga Prefecture・Hino Town
Nakayama Imo Kurabe Festival
A festival rooted in Nakayama tradition, where taro from the east and west are compared at Nogamiyama