Akita Prefecture・Semboku City
Kakunodate Festival Yama Event
Three days of prayers and excitement, with hikiyama floats and music echoing through the streets of Kakunodate
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Yamagata Prefecture・Shinjo City
Shinjo Festival
A historical pageant in Shinjo, brought to life by handmade dashi floats and festival music
Fukushima Prefecture・Minamisoma City and elsewhere
Soma Nomaoi
The sight of armored horsemen evokes the history of this region.
Gunma Prefecture・Shibukawa City
Japan’s Center Shibukawa Heso Festival
A festival celebrating Shibukawa’s “navel” through pictures painted on the stomach and dance
Niigata Prefecture・Itoigawa City
Amatsu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (Itoigawa Fighting Festival)
A spring festival in Itoigawa featuring a contest between 2 mikoshi and celebratory Bugaku
Fukushima Prefecture・Koriyama City
Utsukushima Yosakoi Festival
A Fukushima YOSAKOI stage filled with the sound of naruko clappers and local music
Ibaraki Prefecture・Hitachinaka City
Katsuta Festival
Bringing the community together to make history and capture the festival’s excitement
Kanagawa Prefecture・Hadano City
Hadano Tobacco Festival
A festival where the memories of leaf-tobacco farming live on, and fire and dance brighten the city
Toyama Prefecture・Oyabe City
Genpei Higyu Festival
A festival where giant fire oxen carrying history race through the city