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Tokyo Metropolis・Itabashi City
Itabashi no Ta-asobi
Ta-asobi, a prayer for a good harvest that depicts a year of rice cultivation with drums and recitations
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Fukui Prefecture・Echizen City
Awatabe’s “Horai Festival”
A traditional prayer as a mochi-flower dashi and taiko drummers make their way through Awatabe
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Mie Prefecture・Tsu City
Gonbo Festival
A Misugi festival where prayers are offered through ancient rituals and miso-seasoned burdock
Nara Prefecture・Asuka Village
Ondasai
Asuka’s Ondasai: rice-planting actions and rituals unique to a strange festival
Iwate Prefecture・Shiwa Town
Yamaya Taue-odori
A rice-planting dance that depicts a year of rice farming through song and dance, with spinning flower hats
Miyagi Prefecture・Tome City
Mamekarasan Festival
An autumn festival celebrating the beans’ growth with kagura and children’s sumo
Fukushima Prefecture・Namie Town
Tsushima no Taue Odori
A rice-planting dance passed down through four hamlets, performed to pray for a bountiful harvest
Fukushima Prefecture・Tanagura Town
Tsutsukowake Shrine Otaue
An ancient rice-field ritual dance in Tanagura, depicting a bountiful harvest on a taiko drum
Tochigi Prefecture・Mashiko Town
Hiji-sai
An art festival celebrating Mashiko’s soil and way of life across the whole town