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Aichi Prefecture・Gamagori City
Miya Festival
A 300-year-old festival rooted in Gamagori, where dashi travel through the sea
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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
Hokkaido・Furano City
Hokkai Heso Festival
A festival where faces painted on bellies dance through Furano’s summer
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Aichi Prefecture・Kariya City
Mantō Festival (Kariya City)
Giant mantō against the night sky, dancing to flutes and drums in Kariya’s summer
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Chiba Prefecture・Noda City
Noda’s Tsukuma-i
Noda’s traditional performing art, where dancers praying for rain captivate audiences atop a tall pole
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Nagano Prefecture・Miyada Village
Miyada Gion Festival
Miyada’s summer festival, brought to life by mikoshi processions through town and their destruction at night
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Kyoto Prefecture・Kyoto City
Yasurai Festival (Kawakami Daijingu Shrine)
Demons and flower umbrellas wind through town in Nishigamo’s spring festival to quell disease
Ended
Kagoshima Prefecture・Kirishima City
Hatsuuma Festival (Kagoshima Jingu Shrine)
A spring festival in Kirishima, where jingling horses and dancers move to the music
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Fukui Prefecture・Katsuyama City
Katsuyama Sagicho Festival
A winter festival in Katsuyama, illuminated by music from the yagura and flames at Benten Riverbed
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