Toyama Prefecture・Nanto City
Usa Hachimangu Spring Festival
A festival where a golden mikoshi and Iori songs make their way through springtime in Fukumitsu
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Aichi Prefecture・Inuyama City
Inuyama Festival
A spring festival in Inuyama, with karakuri dashi bringing color to the castle town
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Ibaraki Prefecture・Kashima City
Kashima’s Saitōsai
An enduring Kashima festival where oak staffs and music herald spring
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Niigata Prefecture・Nagaoka City
Hodare Festival
Shimokairaden’s unusual festival, carrying a huge sacred object and praying for abundance and good fortune
Nagasaki Prefecture・Nagasaki City
Nagasaki Lantern Festival
A dazzling celebration of lights and Chinese culture illuminating Nagasaki
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Akita Prefecture・Daisen City
Izuyama Shrine’s Bonten Crossing the River
A path of prayer, as bonten cross the Omono River by boat and head for the main shrine on the mountain
Gifu Prefecture・Ogaki City
Setsubun-e Hadaka Matsuri
Hoko-in’s Hadaka Matsuri, where participants cross the wintry Kuise River to ward off misfortune
Miyagi Prefecture・Shiogama City
Shiogama Minato Festival
A festival of sea and land, with mikoshi and a gozabune sailing around Matsushima Bay
Ibaraki Prefecture・Kitaibaraki City
Hitachi Otsu Ofune Festival
A maritime festival passed down in Kitaibaraki, with a wooden boat parading through town