Kanagawa Prefecture・Hiratsuka City
Mugifurumai Ritual at Sadori Shrine
An ancient Shinomiya ritual in which sacred sake and a feast are shared before sending off the mikoshi
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Niigata Prefecture・Tokamachi City
Shinsui’s Dorakujin and Hanekkee-shi
Shinsui’s distinctive feather-tossing ritual, passed down amid flames and a circle in the snow
Ishikawa Prefecture・Nakanoto Town
Noto-be Shrine’s Bakko Festival
A silent procession carrying the gods’ meeting and prayers for a bountiful harvest
Fukui Prefecture・Katsuyama City
Kannon-sama’s Recommendation
A porridge ritual for safe childbirth and abundant harvests: gathering, pounding, and serving rice
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Miko New Year Ritual
A New Year ritual in Miko, with messages from crows and wishes entrusted to the bow
Nagano Prefecture・Saku City
Kasuga Hongo District Dosojin Festival
Kasuga Hongo's Dosojin Festival, with lantern-lit mikoshi traveling through the winter night
Nagano Prefecture・Miyota Town
Odai Dosojin Festival
A children’s Dosojin festival walking alongside life-size straw horses
Nagano Prefecture・Iida City
Koto no Kami Okuri
A traditional event sending misfortune away from Kamimachi to the sound of bells, taiko drums, and song
Aichi Prefecture・Okazaki City
Denden Gassari
An Okazaki agricultural ritual that entrusts hopes for a good harvest to a large kagami mochi and the actions of an ox