Kanagawa Prefecture・Sagamihara City
Tana Hachiman Matosai
Tana’s New Year harvest divination, with arrows shot by archers aged 3 to 5
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Kanagawa Prefecture・Sagamihara City
Ishitateno Jinja festival
A summer festival in Nagura, featuring an old shrine’s history and a mikoshi procession
Kanagawa Prefecture・Chigasaki City
Hishinuma Hachioji Shrine Festival
A summer festival in Hishinuma linking 3 parishioner districts with a mikoshi
Kanagawa Prefecture・Kamakura City
Gosho Shrine Annual Festival
An early-summer grand festival where mikoshi connect the streets and sea of Zaimokuza
Niigata Prefecture・Murakami City
Shionomachi Osatosama
A traditional event in which a shimenawa and celebratory songs wind through Shionomachi in winter
Toyama Prefecture・Nanto City
Shimo-Nashi Gojunkō no Gi
A spring festival in Shimo-Nashi, with a mikoshi procession led by shishimai
Toyama Prefecture・Tateyama Town
Ashikuraji Oyama Shrine Mikoshi Procession
A summer festival where 2 mikoshi tour the village and shrine grounds before racing back at the end
Ishikawa Prefecture・Nakanoto Town
Noto-be Shrine’s Bakko Festival
A silent procession carrying the gods’ meeting and prayers for a bountiful harvest
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Toiwai and Kitsunegari
A Koshogatsu observance that welcomes good fortune into Wakasa homes with celebratory sticks and chants