Nagano Prefecture・Chikuma City
The To-nin Festival of Takemizuwake Shrine
An old-style Chikuma festival featuring offerings of rice cakes made from newly harvested grain and a procession of to-nin
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Shizuoka Prefecture
Niihama Koto-yoka observance
Okurato’s Koto-yoka observance, sending a camellia-branch boat and straw figures to the village boundary
Kochi Prefecture・Niyodogawa Town
Akiba Festival performances
The Akiba Festival: A procession accompanying the mikoshi, enlivened by torimono and dance
Miyazaki Prefecture・Misato Town, Kijo Town
The Shiwassu Festival of Hyūga-Nangō Mikado Shrine and Kijo Hiki Shrine
For 3 days, welcoming bonfires and kagura illuminate the route connecting the father and son deities
Miyazaki Prefecture・Morotsuka Village
Morotsuka Kagura
Kagura dances guided by sacred masks, passed down in the mountain villages of Morotsuka
Hokkaido・Kaminokuni Town
Ishizaki Yakko
A tradition of yakko processions lives on in Kaminokuni, with participants marching with raised spears
Hokkaido・Kutchan Town
Kutchan Akasaka Yakko
Kutchan’s spirited yakko procession, carrying on the gestures of a daimyo procession
Hokkaido・Yakumo Town
Ainuma Yakko
A yakko procession dating back to the Edo period, carrying Ainuma’s pride into the present