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Mie Prefecture・Iga City
Ueno Tenjin Festival
An autumn festival in Iga-Ueno, with an oni procession and 9 dashi parading through the streets
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Aichi Prefecture・Gamagori City
Miya Festival
A 300-year-old festival rooted in Gamagori, where dashi travel through the sea
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Kyoto Prefecture・Fukuchiyama City
Nukata Dashi Festival (Autumn Festival at Nukata Ichinomiya Shrine)
Nukata’s autumn festival, brightened by rotating floats and tsukurimon displays made with nature’s bounty
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Mie Prefecture・Yokkaichi City
Tomida Whaling Boat Festival
A valiant festival in Tomida, where boats pursue whales to the beat of drums
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Mie Prefecture・Shima City
Waraji-Hiki
Namikiri’s traditional event of pulling a giant straw sandal and praying for safe voyages
Fukuoka Prefecture・Itoshima City
Dainyū Bon Rope-Pulling
A Dainyū Obon tradition that turns a large kudzu rope into a sumo ring
Ended
Mie Prefecture・Kuwana City
Kuwana Ishidori Festival
Two summer days of ringing gongs and drums as Kuwana’s dasha parade through town
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Toyama Prefecture・Oyabe City
Tsuzawa Yotaka Andon Festival
A rice-planting festival where glowing large lanterns race through Tsuzawa at night
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Ended
Shiga Prefecture・Higashiomi City
Iba no Sakaoroshi
A festival where Iba’s prayers come alive as mikoshi race down a steep slope