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Niigata Prefecture・Minamiuonuma City
Echigo Urasa Bishamondo Hadaka-oshi-a-i Festival
The fervor of the bare-chested pushing contest approaching Bishamonten on a snowy night
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Kyoto Prefecture・Fukuchiyama City
Nukata Dashi Festival (Autumn Festival at Nukata Ichinomiya Shrine)
Nukata’s autumn festival, brightened by rotating floats and tsukurimon displays made with nature’s bounty
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Mie Prefecture・Shima City
Waraji-Hiki
Namikiri’s traditional event of pulling a giant straw sandal and praying for safe voyages
Fukuoka Prefecture・Itoshima City
Dainyū Bon Rope-Pulling
A Dainyū Obon tradition that turns a large kudzu rope into a sumo ring
Hokkaido・Furano City
Hokkai Heso Festival
A festival where faces painted on bellies dance through Furano’s summer
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Toyama Prefecture・Oyabe City
Tsuzawa Yotaka Andon Festival
A rice-planting festival where glowing large lanterns race through Tsuzawa at night
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Okayama Prefecture・Okayama City
Saidaiji Eyo
A 500-year-old Eyo contest for the shingi in the sacred darkness
Aichi Prefecture・Nishio City
Toba Fire Festival
A fire festival dating back over a thousand years, where participants brave the flames to predict the harvest
Gifu Prefecture・Ogaki City
Setsubun-e Hadaka Matsuri
Hoko-in’s Hadaka Matsuri, where participants cross the wintry Kuise River to ward off misfortune