Yamaguchi Prefecture・Iwakuni City
Suo So’o Hashiramatsu Festival
A torch-throwing fire festival passed down through generations beneath So’o’s night sky
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Aomori Prefecture・Hirosaki City, Hirakawa City
Tsugaru Nanokado Festival
Entrusting hopes for a good harvest to willow, fire, and drums: a New Year ritual in Tsugaru
Akita Prefecture・Nikaho City
Kisakata Bon Hut Ceremony
A summer tradition in Kisakata: welcoming and sending off ancestors with seaside Bon huts and fire
Gunma Prefecture・Tamamura Town
Goryo Suijin Festival
Goryo Suijin Festival: entrusting wishes to a straw boat and setting it adrift on the Tone River
Nagano Prefecture・Iiyama City, Kijimadaira Village
The Hashiramatsu Festival of Northern Shinano
A traditional festival of Northern Shinano where fire is contested and the harvest and peace throughout the land are divined
Nagano Prefecture・Tenryu Village
Performing arts of Sakabe Winter Festival
Sakabe Winter Festival, with flames, hot water, and masked dances continuing until dawn
Nagano Prefecture・Matsumoto City
Matsumoto Kotoyoka Observances
A winter tradition in Matsumoto: warding off misfortune with straw figures and prayers
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
The performing arts of the Snow Festival
Ancient dances and flames of Niino, turning snow into a sign of a good harvest
Shizuoka Prefecture・Shizuoka City
Bon Odori of Utogi and Hirano
A mountain-village Bon Odori where lanterns, drums, songs, and dance send off the ancestors