Yamagata Prefecture・Shinjo City
Shinjo Festival
A historical pageant in Shinjo, brought to life by handmade dashi floats and festival music
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Aichi Prefecture・Handa City
Kamezaki Shiohi Festival
Kamezaki’s traditional festival, with 5 dashi crossing the tidal beach
Shimane Prefecture・Matsue City
Hōran Enya (the annual grand procession festival of Matsue Jōzan Inari Shrine)
A fleet of a hundred boats glides along the river, accompanied by dazzling oar-boat dances
Miyazaki Prefecture・Takachiho Town
Takachiho no Yo Kagura
An all-night ritual preserving myth-inspired dances in each village
Iwate Prefecture・Kitakami City
Oni Kenbai
A powerful Kitakami group dance, with Buddha masks and nenbutsu chants
Iwate Prefecture・Hanamaki City
Hayachine Kagura
Dances by two kagura troupes carrying on the mountain faith
Iwate Prefecture・Shiwa Town
Yamaya Taue-odori
A rice-planting dance that depicts a year of rice farming through song and dance, with spinning flower hats
Miyagi Prefecture・Ishinomaki City
Ogatsu Hoin Kagura
Ogatsu kagura, carrying on Shugendo prayers through yudate and masked dance
Miyagi Prefecture・Tome City
Mamekarasan Festival
An autumn festival celebrating the beans’ growth with kagura and children’s sumo