Ishikawa Prefecture・Kaga
Guzu-yaki Festival
A summer festival in Kibashi where a giant guzu parades through town, dispelling misfortune with fire and dance
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Ishikawa Prefecture・Kaga
Takewari Festival
A strange festival of racing past flames, splitting green bamboo, and sending a large rope down the river
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・Shimada City
Shimada Grand Festival
A traditional Shimada-juku procession featuring Ōyakkos carrying maru obi sashes
Aichi Prefecture・Shitara Town
Sankō Festival
A night in Okumikawa filled with the deities’ dialogue and dances around a cauldron for heating water
Kyoto Prefecture・Seika Town and Kizugawa City
Igomori Festival
A South Yamashiro ritual that reflects New Year prayers in silence and the glow of great torches
Okayama Prefecture・Misaki
Gohō Festival
Torchlight and conch shells illuminate a nighttime rite passed down in Misaki
Yamaguchi Prefecture・Iwakuni City
Iwakuni Yukiba no Kagura
A grand kagura of shrine pavilions and pine pillars, passed down in Yukiba
Akita Prefecture・Nikaho City
Kisakata Bon Hut Ceremony
A summer tradition in Kisakata: welcoming and sending off ancestors with seaside Bon huts and fire