Shizuoka Prefecture・Fujieda City
Takizawa Yasaka Shrine’s Ta-asobi
A prayer for a good harvest passed down in Takizawa, with rice cultivation brought to life through dance
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Osaka Prefecture
Kumata Shrine’s Otaue
Kumata Shrine’s Otaue: praying for a good harvest with the main hall floor representing a rice paddy
Nara Prefecture・Nara City, Yamatotakada City, Yamatokoriyama City, Tenri City, Kashihara City, Sakurai City, Gose City, Kawanishi Town, Miyake Town, Tawaramoto Town
Yamato Nogami Rituals
Straw snakes wind through local communities in Nara, carrying prayers for the rice harvest
Shimane Prefecture・Gotsu City
Yamanaka Oaratame and Shishi-gari Event
A traditional Gotsu event where rice divination and arrows shot at rice cakes carry the hopes of the community
Kochi Prefecture・Muroto City
Kiragawa no Oda-mai
A stage for ritual rice-field play and traditional performing arts passed down in Kiragawa
Fukuoka Prefecture・Asakura City, Toho Village
Miyaza rites of Chikuzen Asakura
An autumn festival that carries Asakura’s harvest forward through the miyaza and its procession
Saga Prefecture・Tosu City
Ota-mai of Shiaoya Shrine
A prayer for a good harvest in Tosu, brought to life through rice-planting movements and a demon dance
Hokkaido・Nakafurano Town
Large shimenawa
Nakafurano’s large shimenawa: tying hopes for a good harvest into rice straw and a bale of rice
Akita Prefecture・Kosaka Town
Nigorikawa Mushi-okuri
A day of warding off misfortune in Nigorikawa, walking with straw figures