Onagori Festival
A festival celebrating summer’s farewell, where festivals from across Japan meet in the streets of Noshiro
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A festival celebrating summer’s farewell, where festivals from across Japan meet in the streets of Noshiro
An ancient Kazuno dance tradition brought to life by the dances of four settlements and the flag-raising
Matsudate’s Offering Kagura: Prayers Through Lion Dancing and Boiling-Water Rites
A Fukushima YOSAKOI stage filled with the sound of naruko clappers and local music
A rice-planting dance passed down through four hamlets, performed to pray for a bountiful harvest
An ancient rice-field ritual dance in Tanagura, depicting a bountiful harvest on a taiko drum
A Naganuma festival where handmade Nebuta and Neputa illuminate the dances and night sky
Rural kabuki in Yanagihashi, passed down by local people
A junior stage competition with naruko clappers and the Soran Bushi folk song