Okayama Prefecture・Okayama City
Saidaiji Eyo
A 500-year-old Eyo contest for the shingi in the sacred darkness
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Aomori Prefecture・Hirosaki City
Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival
A winter festival where snow lanterns and lights envelop Hirosaki Park
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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
Miyagi Prefecture・Shiogama City
Shiogama Minato Festival
A festival of sea and land, with mikoshi and a gozabune sailing around Matsushima Bay
Aichi Prefecture・Handa City
Kamezaki Shiohi Festival
Kamezaki’s traditional festival, with 5 dashi crossing the tidal beach
Shimane Prefecture・Matsue City
Hōran Enya (the annual grand procession festival of Matsue Jōzan Inari Shrine)
A fleet of a hundred boats glides along the river, accompanied by dazzling oar-boat dances
Hokkaido・Kikonai Town
Kikonai Town Midwinter Misogi Festival
A traditional Kikonai ritual in which participants carry the sacred object into the freezing sea
Akita Prefecture・Kazuno City
Matsudate Tenmangu Sandaiyama Shishi Daigongen Mai
Matsudate’s Offering Kagura: Prayers Through Lion Dancing and Boiling-Water Rites