Niigata Prefecture・Nagaoka City
Hodare Festival
Shimokairaden’s unusual festival, carrying a huge sacred object and praying for abundance and good fortune
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Aomori Prefecture・Hirosaki City
Hirosaki Neputa Festival
A summer neputa festival in Hirosaki, where warrior pictures and festival music bring the castle town to life
Akita Prefecture・Akita City
Akita Kanto Festival
A festival that raises the light of rice ears into the night sky and carries on Akita’s wishes
Ibaraki Prefecture・Kitaibaraki City
Hitachi Otsu Ofune Festival
A maritime festival passed down in Kitaibaraki, with a wooden boat parading through town
Tokyo Metropolis・Fuchu City
Kurayami Festival
Mikoshi and large drums moving through the darkness—a traditional festival alive in Fuchu
Niigata Prefecture・Itoigawa City
Amatsu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (Itoigawa Fighting Festival)
A spring festival in Itoigawa featuring a contest between 2 mikoshi and celebratory Bugaku
Toyama Prefecture・Uozu City
Tatemon Festival
A traditional event of the sea and prayer, with a towering lantern float moving through Uozu at night
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