Aichi Prefecture・Handa City
Kamezaki Shiohi Festival
Kamezaki’s traditional festival, with 5 dashi crossing the tidal beach
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Hokkaido・Kikonai Town
Kikonai Town Midwinter Misogi Festival
A traditional Kikonai ritual in which participants carry the sacred object into the freezing sea
Akita Prefecture・Ogachi District
Ebisu Dawara
A traditional harvest-prayer event featuring a rice-bale mikoshi and songs parading through town
Akita Prefecture・Kazuno City
Dainichido Bugaku
An ancient Kazuno dance tradition brought to life by the dances of four settlements and the flag-raising
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
Akita Prefecture・Kazuno City
Matsudate Tenmangu Sandaiyama Shishi Daigongen Mai
Matsudate’s Offering Kagura: Prayers Through Lion Dancing and Boiling-Water Rites
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Shiono Bishamondo Festival
Shiono’s festival, where red-and-black shishi and a rampaging mikoshi charge across the temple grounds
Ibaraki Prefecture・Hitachinaka City
Katsuta Festival
Bringing the community together to make history and capture the festival’s excitement
Ibaraki Prefecture・Hitachiota City, Hitachi City
Kinasa Shrine Isode Grand Festival
A procession held once every 72 years, with the eastern and western mikoshi heading for the coast