Akita Prefecture・Noshiro City
Noshiro Yaku Tanabata
A Tanabata festival of castle-shaped lantern floats crossing Noshiro at night and shachi ornaments dancing down the river
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Akita Prefecture・Kazuno City
Matsudate Tenmangu Sandaiyama Shishi Daigongen Mai
Matsudate’s Offering Kagura: Prayers Through Lion Dancing and Boiling-Water Rites
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Shiono Bishamondo Festival
Shiono’s festival, where red-and-black shishi and a rampaging mikoshi charge across the temple grounds
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Yonezawa Uesugi Festival
A battle tableau painted by Uesugi forces across springtime Yonezawa
Fukushima Prefecture・Sukagawa City
Naganuma Festival
A Naganuma festival where handmade Nebuta and Neputa illuminate the dances and night sky
Ibaraki Prefecture・Kasama City
Abusive Language Festival
Tengu visit mountain shrines in Kasama at this unusual festival, where calls ring out
Ibaraki Prefecture・Hitachinaka City
Katsuta Festival
Bringing the community together to make history and capture the festival’s excitement
Ibaraki Prefecture・Hitachiota City, Hitachi City
Kinasa Shrine Isode Grand Festival
A procession held once every 72 years, with the eastern and western mikoshi heading for the coast
Ibaraki Prefecture・Ibaraki Town
Kozuru Gion Festival
Kozuru’s summer festival, with mikoshi and dashi processing to festival music