Iwate Prefecture・Hiraizumi Town
Fujiwara Festival
A festival tracing the story of Yoshitsune and the Fujiwara clan through Hiraizumi in spring and autumn
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Akita Prefecture・Ogachi District
Ebisu Dawara
A traditional harvest-prayer event featuring a rice-bale mikoshi and songs parading through town
Akita Prefecture・Noshiro City
Noshiro Yaku Tanabata
A Tanabata festival of castle-shaped lantern floats crossing Noshiro at night and shachi ornaments dancing down the river
Akita Prefecture・Kazuno City
Matsudate Tenmangu Sandaiyama Shishi Daigongen Mai
Matsudate’s Offering Kagura: Prayers Through Lion Dancing and Boiling-Water Rites
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Shiono Bishamondo Festival
Shiono’s festival, where red-and-black shishi and a rampaging mikoshi charge across the temple grounds
Gunma Prefecture・Maebashi City
Maebashi Hatsukaichi Festival
Maebashi’s New Year market, brought to life by daruma dolls and the market deity
Kanagawa Prefecture・Hadano City
Hadano Tobacco Festival
A festival where the memories of leaf-tobacco farming live on, and fire and dance brighten the city
Ishikawa Prefecture・Kaga
Guzu-yaki Festival
A summer festival in Kibashi where a giant guzu parades through town, dispelling misfortune with fire and dance
Fukui Prefecture・Takahama Town
Takahama Shichinen Festival
A Shichinen Festival where three mikoshi and dedicated performances process through town