Oita Prefecture・Kunisaki City
Kebesu Festival
Kunisaki’s traditional fire festival, where Kebesu and Touba send sparks flying
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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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Gifu Prefecture・Ogaki City
Setsubun-e Hadaka Matsuri
Hoko-in’s Hadaka Matsuri, where participants cross the wintry Kuise River to ward off misfortune
Miyagi Prefecture・Tome City
Yonekawa no Mizukaburi
A fire-prevention ritual passed down in Yonekawa, with a group in straw costumes racing through town
Niigata Prefecture・Itoigawa City
Amatsu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (Itoigawa Fighting Festival)
A spring festival in Itoigawa featuring a contest between 2 mikoshi and celebratory Bugaku
Okinawa Prefecture・Miyakojima City
Paantu of Miyako Island (Shimoji)
A ritual to ward off misfortune, with visiting deities covered in mud and vines traveling around Shimoji village
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Shiono Bishamondo Festival
Shiono’s festival, where red-and-black shishi and a rampaging mikoshi charge across the temple grounds
Toyama Prefecture・Imizu City
Yansamma Festival
A major spring festival in Imizu, carrying on the Ushinori-shiki and yabusame traditions