Saitama Prefecture・Chichibu City
Chichibu Shrine Otaue Festival
A rice-planting rite for a good harvest, handed down on a plot within the shrine grounds
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Niigata Prefecture・Sado City
Sado no Kurumadaue
Wheel-shaped rice planting passed down in Sado, spreading outward from the center of the paddy
Fukui Prefecture・Takahama Town
Takahama Shichinen Festival
A Shichinen Festival where three mikoshi and dedicated performances process through town
Fukui Prefecture・Tsuruga City
Nosaka Danose Festival
A Nosaka shrine ceremony praying for an abundant harvest through rice-paddy preparation and rice-planting dances
Nagano Prefecture・Matsumoto City
Ofune Festival (Susukimizu Shrine)
A festival in which 9 carved dashi proceed through Satoyamabe to spirited calls
Nagano Prefecture・Tenryu Village
Tenryu Village’s Shimotsuki Kagura
Yudate kagura and masked dances passed down through three festivals
Kyoto Prefecture・Seika Town and Kizugawa City
Igomori Festival
A South Yamashiro ritual that reflects New Year prayers in silence and the glow of great torches
Kyoto Prefecture・Nantan City
Tahara no Ota
A traditional performing art from Tahara that reenacts a year of rice farming and prays for a good harvest
Hyogo Prefecture・Toyooka City
Hiroi Mantobimatsuri
A line of lights illuminating the farm road—a prayerful flame passed down in Hiroi