Shizuoka Prefecture・Hamamatsu City
Lake Hamana Kanzanji Onsen Lantern Floating and Fireworks Festival
A summer night brightened by lanterns on the lake and fireworks
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Hiroshima Prefecture・Hatsukaichi City
Miyajima Underwater Fireworks Festival
Summer memories of underwater fireworks lighting up Miyajima’s great torii gate
Fukuoka Prefecture・Fukuoka City
Nishinippon Ohori Fireworks Festival
A Fukuoka summer fireworks festival that lit up Ohori’s waters and the night sky
Kanagawa Prefecture・Hakone Town
Hakone Yudate Shishimai
A traditional event where Hakone’s prayers live on in the lion’s dance around the cauldron
Shizuoka Prefecture・Gotemba City
Numata and Osaka Yudate Kagura
Yudate kagura passed down in Gotemba, where lions dance to purify the cauldron site
Aichi Prefecture・Toei Town, Shitara Town, and Toyone Village
Hanamatsuri
A winter festival in Oku-Mikawa, alive with yudate kagura and masked dances
Akita Prefecture・Yokote City
Arasuke-numa-iri Bonten Observance
An old-style pond-entry observance in Arasuke, with a bonten dedicated at Benten-numa
Saitama Prefecture・Tsurugashima City
Suneori Rain-Praying Ritual
A giant dragon-serpent circles a pond as people pray for the blessing of rain in Tsurugashima
Nagano Prefecture・Tenryu Village
Performance arts of the Mukai-kata Okiyome Festival
An ancient kagura tradition of Mukai-kata, Tenryu Village, passed down through boiling-water rites and dances