Toyama Prefecture・Oyabe City
Genpei Higyu Festival
A festival where giant fire oxen carrying history race through the city
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Ishikawa Prefecture・Kaga
Guzu-yaki Festival
A summer festival in Kibashi where a giant guzu parades through town, dispelling misfortune with fire and dance
Ishikawa Prefecture・Kaga
Takewari Festival
A strange festival of racing past flames, splitting green bamboo, and sending a large rope down the river
Fukui Prefecture・Tsuruga City
Tsuruga Nishimachi Tug-of-War
A great tug-of-war between Ebisu and Daikoku to divine the year’s fishing and harvest prospects
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
Niino Snow Festival
A dengaku festival where snow is seen as a sign of a good harvest and masked deities dance through the night
Shizuoka Prefecture・Fujinomiya City
Fuji Makigari Festival
A festival that illuminates waterfalls and highlands associated with Yoritomo with lights and bonfires
Aichi Prefecture・Shitara Town
Sankō Festival
A night in Okumikawa filled with the deities’ dialogue and dances around a cauldron for heating water
Aichi Prefecture・Toyokawa City
Toyokawa Tezutsu Festival
Toyokawa’s summer skies ablaze with the inherited tradition of tezutsu fireworks
Mie Prefecture・Yokkaichi City
Amagasuka Imochi Ritual
Amagasuka’s mushiokuri, when torches and drums protected the rice fields