Scheduled
Ibaraki Prefecture・Itako City
Oiu Shrine Niwaue Festival
An autumn Shinto ritual featuring kagura drums and a miko dance that preserves ancient forms
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Scheduled
Kochi Prefecture・Tsuno Town
Tsunoyama Kagura
Tsunono Town’s classical kagura, passed down through drums and dance
Scheduled
Ehime Prefecture・Ozu City
Rurihime Festival
Shirataki’s chigo procession and flower mikoshi carry on the legend of Princess Ruri
Scheduled
Miyazaki Prefecture・Takaharu Town
Haraigawa no Kamimai
An all-night kagura of swords and sacred songs at the foot of Mount Kirishima
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Scheduled
Mie Prefecture・Kuwana City
Ise Daikagura
A prayerful Sōmai adorned with lion dances and acrobatics passed down in Kuwana
Ended
Kyoto Prefecture・Kita Ward, Kyoto City
Funaoka Grand Festival
An autumn festival featuring dances and performances associated with Nobunaga
Kagawa Prefecture・Takamatsu City
Takamatsu Autumn Festival and Busshozan Daimyo Procession
A vivid historical procession along Busshozan’s streets and autumn fireworks
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Ended
Okinawa Prefecture・Urasoe City
Urasoe Tedako Festival
A festival of performances and fireworks in Urasoe, named for the Child of the Sun
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Nagano Prefecture・Tatsuno-machi
Tengu Festival at Shinmei Jinja
Tatsuno’s unusual festival, where tengu and shishi leap out of a green bamboo boat