Kyoto Prefecture・Kyoto City
Senshoku Festival
A festival procession linking eras through costumes showcasing Kyoto's dyeing and weaving techniques
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Hyogo Prefecture・Kobe City
Ryukyu Festival
An autumn celebration of Ryukyu culture, with Okinawan sounds and flavors bringing Nagata to life
Iwate Prefecture・Fudai Village
Unotori Kagura
The sound of kagura traveling along the Sanriku coast and keeping Gongen-mai and Ebisu-mai alive
Nagasaki Prefecture・Goto City
Shimo-Sakiyama Hetomato event
A Goto New Year event featuring battledore and shuttlecock and Tamaseseri
Miyagi Prefecture・Kakuda City
Kanazu Tanabata Event
A children’s Tanabata event, with lanterns and chanting winding through Kanazu at night
Akita Prefecture・Yurihonjo City, Nikaho City
Lion Dance Bangaku of the Northern Foothills of Mount Chokai
Bangaku passed down in a region where faith in Mount Chokai and lion dances thrive
Gunma Prefecture・Tamamura Town
Goryo Suijin Festival
Goryo Suijin Festival: entrusting wishes to a straw boat and setting it adrift on the Tone River
Niigata Prefecture・Yahiko Village
Yahiko Shrine’s bugaku
Children’s bugaku and traditional dances passed down through Yahiko’s Shinto rites
Nagano Prefecture・Iida City, Komagane City, Takagi Village
Ina Valley Koto Yōka observances
An Ina Valley folk observance that sends misfortune away with sasa bamboo and Buddhist invocations