Akita Prefecture・Ogachi District
Ebisu Dawara
A traditional harvest-prayer event featuring a rice-bale mikoshi and songs parading through town
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Akita Prefecture・Noshiro City
Onagori Festival
A festival celebrating summer’s farewell, where festivals from across Japan meet in the streets of Noshiro
Akita Prefecture・Noshiro City
Noshiro Yaku Tanabata
A Tanabata festival of castle-shaped lantern floats crossing Noshiro at night and shachi ornaments dancing down the river
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Shiono Bishamondo Festival
Shiono’s festival, where red-and-black shishi and a rampaging mikoshi charge across the temple grounds
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Yonezawa Uesugi Festival
A battle tableau painted by Uesugi forces across springtime Yonezawa
Fukushima Prefecture・Sukagawa City
Naganuma Festival
A Naganuma festival where handmade Nebuta and Neputa illuminate the dances and night sky
Ibaraki Prefecture・Sakuragawa City
Iwase Station Front Summer Festival
Mikoshi and dashi gather in front of Iwase Station for a festival bringing summer to the neighborhood associations
Ibaraki Prefecture・Hitachinaka City
Katsuta Festival
Bringing the community together to make history and capture the festival’s excitement
Ibaraki Prefecture・Hitachiota City, Hitachi City
Kinasa Shrine Isode Grand Festival
A procession held once every 72 years, with the eastern and western mikoshi heading for the coast