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Niigata Prefecture・Minamiuonuma City
Echigo Urasa Bishamondo Hadaka-oshi-a-i Festival
The fervor of the bare-chested pushing contest approaching Bishamonten on a snowy night
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Shizuoka Prefecture・Fuji City
Karigane Festival
Throwing Torches: Fire and Drums Carrying on the Legacy of the Karigane Embankment
Fukui Prefecture・Obama City
Matsuage
A traditional fire festival that sends balls of fire soaring into the night sky over Wakasa
Yamanashi Prefecture・Nambu Town
Nambu Fire Festival
A night of prayerful flames and fireworks along the Fuji River
Ishikawa Prefecture・Nanao City
Mukaida Fire Festival
A fire festival of prayer and flames, setting Notojima’s night sky ablaze
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Ishikawa Prefecture・Noto Town
Abare Festival
A festival where kiriko floats showered in sparks and mikoshi race through Uetsu
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Kanagawa Prefecture・Isehara City
Hojo-bo’s Shinboku Nobori
A traditional Hinata event where yamabushi climb a sacred tree and offer prayers
Niigata Prefecture・Minamiuonuma City
The custom of hadaka-oshi at Urasa Bishamondo
The prayers and fervor of Urasa, carried on through water purification and hadaka-oshi
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Akita Prefecture・Semboku City
Nakazato Kandekko-age Event
A Little New Year observance in Semboku City, entrusting wishes to a sacred katsura tree