Miyagi Prefecture・Sendai
Sendai Festival
A traditional festival in which the mikoshi of Sendai Toshogu Shrine travels through the historic castle town
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Kyoto Prefecture・Kyoto City
Imamiya Matsuri
A festival of the ancient capital, with mikoshi and kenhoko halberds traveling through Nishijin
Kyoto Prefecture・Kyoto City
Senshoku Festival
A festival procession linking eras through costumes showcasing Kyoto's dyeing and weaving techniques
Iwate Prefecture・Fudai Village
Unotori Kagura
The sound of kagura traveling along the Sanriku coast and keeping Gongen-mai and Ebisu-mai alive
Nagasaki Prefecture・Goto City
Shimo-Sakiyama Hetomato event
A Goto New Year event featuring battledore and shuttlecock and Tamaseseri
Gunma Prefecture・Tamamura Town
Goryo Suijin Festival
Goryo Suijin Festival: entrusting wishes to a straw boat and setting it adrift on the Tone River
Shizuoka Prefecture
Niihama Koto-yoka observance
Okurato’s Koto-yoka observance, sending a camellia-branch boat and straw figures to the village boundary
Hokkaido・Kutchan Town
Kutchan Akasaka Yakko
Kutchan’s spirited yakko procession, carrying on the gestures of a daimyo procession