Akita Prefecture・Oga City
Wakimoto no Yama Dondo
Wakimoto’s Tanabata event, brought to life by children’s dashi and speeches
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Ibaraki Prefecture・Ryugasaki City
The Gion Festival at Wakashiba Yasaka Jinja
Mikoshi and parents’ prayers, carried on in a post town along the old Mito Kaido
Tochigi Prefecture・Ichikai
Hie and Kumano Shrine Hassaku Festival
The Hie and Kumano Shrine Hassaku Festival, passed down through Ichikai
Gunma Prefecture・Ueno Village, Kanna Town
Kanna River Okawase-sage Ritual
A ritual of purification and prayer, carried on as the mikoshi enters the Kanna River
Gunma Prefecture・Maebashi City
The Shinkō of Ninomiya Akagi Shrine
Tracing the shinkō tradition passed down in Ninomiya-cho
Saitama Prefecture・Ogano Town
Maniwa Amazake Festival
A summer in Ogano and the community’s hopes, brought together by a barley amazake barrel mikoshi
Chiba Prefecture・Minamiboso City
The Mikari Rite at Shimotatsu Matsubara Shrine
A traditional rite in Minamiboso where bonfires and a mikoshi greet the dawn
Chiba Prefecture・Asahi City
Raijin Shrine’s Gojinkō
A once-every-20-years ritual, with a mikoshi procession from Asahi City to the beach at Tokawa
Chiba Prefecture・Mutsuzawa Town
Tōka-sai and offerings at Uba Shrine
A festival of Mutsuzawa Town and the deities of Kazusa, linked by 2 mikoshi