Yamakura Salmon Festival
Yamakura’s prayers, carried by salmon offerings and the mikoshi
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Yamakura’s prayers, carried by salmon offerings and the mikoshi
The Nishikoiso Tanabata Event, where local hopes are entrusted to a bamboo mikoshi
A moment of annual festival and Shinko-sai traditions passed down at Kuno’s guardian shrine
Fudō Myōō travels through the community: a prayerful custom passed down through generations
A local grand festival featuring a large mikoshi carved with flying dragons, carried through Yokouchi
An annual festival and sacred procession passed down at Tsuchiya’s guardian shrine
A Matoi festival where the mikoshi and dashi of three shrines bring the community together
A historical pageant preserving Edo formality and Matsuda’s yakko-buri
A spring procession connecting shrine and community, with a mikoshi descending steep stone steps