Yamagata Prefecture・Shonai Town
Yaya Festival
The prayers of Chigawara, carried on through bitter-cold water rituals and ohyakudo-mairi
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Chiba Prefecture・Kamogawa City
Kamogawa Joint Festival
An autumn festival of carrying floats and dashi, where the traditions of 7 shrines come together in Kamogawa
Fukui Prefecture・Takahama Town
Takahama Shichinen Festival
A Shichinen Festival where three mikoshi and dedicated performances process through town
Fukui Prefecture・Mihama Town
Hinata Tug-of-War
A winter water tug-of-war passed down along a Wakasa canal
Gifu Prefecture・Gifu City
Ikenoue Misogi Festival
A ritual in Ikenoue, where participants seek purification in the winter waters of the Nagara River
Aichi Prefecture・Shitara Town
Sankō Festival
A night in Okumikawa filled with the deities’ dialogue and dances around a cauldron for heating water
Aichi Prefecture・Toyohashi City
Toyohashi Hanamatsuri
Carrying on the hometown’s masks, dancing Hanamatsuri in Toyohashi
Oita Prefecture・Nakatsu City
Kakize Kagura
Nakatsu Kakize's Iwato Kagura, passed down through the hot-water halberd and fire-walking
Oita Prefecture・Bungotakada City
Horan Enya (Oita Prefecture)
A New Year’s prayer, brought to life by the Horai-bune and the brave young people rowing up the Katsura River