Katsuyama Sagicho Festival
A winter festival in Katsuyama, illuminated by music from the yagura and flames at Benten Riverbed
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A winter festival in Katsuyama, illuminated by music from the yagura and flames at Benten Riverbed
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Ta-asobi and the oni dance: Okazaki’s prayers passed down amid flames
Welcoming spring in Hachinohe with harvest-prayer dances and ornate eboshi hats
Rokugo’s Little New Year traditions, carried on through Tenzuku, the fire festival, and the bamboo battle
Ta-asobi, a prayer for a good harvest that depicts a year of rice cultivation with drums and recitations
A fire festival dating back over a thousand years, where participants brave the flames to predict the harvest
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