Nanbu Town Peony Festival
Spring in Nanbu Town: admiring large peonies on the mid-slopes of Mount Nakui
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Spring in Nanbu Town: admiring large peonies on the mid-slopes of Mount Nakui
Fire-lit words passed down through the community on a spring equinox night
Higashine’s moving Tanabata, with handmade lanterns traveling through the community
Rokuji-sama: carrying flower decorations through the settlement and preserving prayers for protection from epidemics
The Hie and Kumano Shrine Hassaku Festival, passed down through Ichikai
A Roppo ritual that brings the glow of hoto and the mikoshi procession to the shrine approach at night
Kasuga Hongo's Dosojin Festival, with lantern-lit mikoshi traveling through the winter night
A night festival in Ushio, where candlelit Shibafune pass beneath the Mikan Lantern
A summer festival and intangible folk cultural property passed down in Miyoshi