Saitama Prefecture・Kumagaya City
Suga Hiro Autumn Festival “Sasara”
Suga Hiro’s autumn festival, brought to life by the sound of the sasara and three lions
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Saitama Prefecture・Minano
Tatsuzawa no Mushio-kuri
A prayer to send the village’s epidemics beyond the mountain settlement, entrusted to the bonten and hayashi music
Tokyo Metropolis・Ōme City
Sōban Nenbutsu at Jōganji Temple
Jōganji’s Higoe Nenbutsu, joined by the sound of taiko and hira-gane gongs
Kanagawa Prefecture・Yamato City
Fukuda Jinja Annual Festival
Fukuda Jinja’s annual festival, enlivened by hayashi shishimai said to date back to the late Edo period
Kanagawa Prefecture・Yamakita Town
Yozuku Hyakumanben Nenbutsu
A traditional Yamakita event featuring a giant bead rosary, taiko, and nenbutsu
Kanagawa Prefecture・Hiratsuka City
Shimmei Shrine Annual Festival
The Shimmei Shrine Annual Festival: tracing the Gion festival music passed down at Banyu’s guardian shrine
Niigata Prefecture・Sado City
Kuchi Hachimangu Shrine Festival Rites
Festival rites in Shimokuchi, Sado, preserved in medieval records
Niigata Prefecture・Sado City
Koheiji Shrine Ta-asobi Shinto Ritual
Sado’s Ta-asobi ritual, depicting hopes for a good harvest in the worship hall’s rice paddy
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
Hiyoshi Okkuwa Festival
A festival in which a mikoshi bearing a hoe-shaped object travels through a mountain village, carrying prayers for a good harvest