Toyama Prefecture・Imizu City
Hikiyama and Tsukiyama events of the Hojozu Hachimangu Festival
13 dashi and Tsukiyama festivities bring color to the port town, from flower-decorated floats by day to lantern-covered floats by night
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Shizuoka Prefecture・Makinohara City
Hirugaya no Ta-asobi
Hirugaya no Ta-asobi: depicting a year of rice cultivation through calls and gestures
Tottori Prefecture・Tottori City
Inaba Shobu Tug-of-War
A traditional May seasonal festival event in which people pull a rope of plants imbued with the community’s hopes
Kagoshima Prefecture・Sōo City
Iwakawa Yagoro Doll Festival
An autumn sacred procession led through Iwakawa by the giant Yagoro-don
Kagoshima Prefecture・Makurazaki City, Minamisatsuma City, Minamikyushu City
Minamisatsuma Jugoya Events
Beneath the moonlight, a large rope and straw dances carry on the Jugoya traditions of Minamisatsuma
Fukushima Prefecture・Shirakawa City
Sekibe no Sanjimosa Odori
A local performing art of Sekibe, passed down through fans and taiko as a prayer to the sun
Toyama Prefecture・Kurobe City
Oyama Tanabata Nagashi
A night in Oyama, with handmade dolls and boats adorning the Tanabata river
Toyama Prefecture・Nanto City
Toga Hatsu-uma Event
A Toga Little New Year event that brings good fortune with drums and a horse dance
Shizuoka Prefecture
Niihama Koto-yoka observance
Okurato’s Koto-yoka observance, sending a camellia-branch boat and straw figures to the village boundary