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Gifu Prefecture・Ibigawa Town
Tanigumi Odori
Tanigumi’s traditional performing art, with drums and phoenix-feather shinai in motion
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Gifu Prefecture・Gero City
Gero’s Tanokami Festival
A traditional Gero festival entrusting prayers for a good harvest to hanagasa hats and rice-field performing arts
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Tokyo Metropolis・Itabashi City
Itabashi no Ta-asobi
Ta-asobi, a prayer for a good harvest that depicts a year of rice cultivation with drums and recitations
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Hokkaido・Nakashibetsu Town
Nakashibetsu Winter Festival
Two days in Nakashibetsu to enjoy snow sculptures, a jumbo slide, and fireworks in the winter sky
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Kyoto Prefecture・Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto
Tsina Shiki Oni Hōraku
A Setsubun Buddhist service in which three-colored ogres dance and evil is driven away with a hōkyū and goma
Hokkaido・Noboribetsu City
Noboribetsu Hell Festival
Noboribetsu’s summer festival, where demons from Hell Valley enliven the hot spring town
Iwate Prefecture・Morioka City
Morioka Sansa Odori
A festival where Morioka dances through summer to the sounds of drums and flutes
Akita Prefecture・Oga City
Namahage Sedo Festival
Oga's Namahage culture, illuminated by the saitō fire against the snowy mountain
Akita Prefecture・Ugo Town
Nishimonai Bon Odori
A summer night in Ugo Town, brightened by bonfires and graceful dancing