Niigata Prefecture・Minamiuonuma City
The custom of hadaka-oshi at Urasa Bishamondo
The prayers and fervor of Urasa, carried on through water purification and hadaka-oshi
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Aomori Prefecture・Hirosaki City
Sawada Candle Festival
The lights of prayer flickering at Iwayado, accompanied by Tsugaru festival music
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Kagawa Prefecture・Higashikagawa City
Hiketa Hina Matsuri
Colorful Hina Displays in Every Home Along Hiketa’s Historic Streets
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Ibaraki Prefecture・Daigo Town
Hina Matsuri at the 100-Step Staircase
About 1,000 hina dolls adorn the 100 stone steps in a scene heralding spring in Daigo
Nagasaki Prefecture・Nagasaki City
Nagasaki Lantern Festival
A dazzling celebration of lights and Chinese culture illuminating Nagasaki
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Aomori Prefecture・Hachinohe City
Enburi
Welcoming spring in Hachinohe with harvest-prayer dances and ornate eboshi hats
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Gifu Prefecture・Gero City
Gero’s Tanokami Festival
A traditional Gero festival entrusting prayers for a good harvest to hanagasa hats and rice-field performing arts
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Tokyo Metropolis・Itabashi City
Itabashi no Ta-asobi
Ta-asobi, a prayer for a good harvest that depicts a year of rice cultivation with drums and recitations
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Akita Prefecture・Daisen City
Izuyama Shrine’s Bonten Crossing the River
A path of prayer, as bonten cross the Omono River by boat and head for the main shrine on the mountain