Hanamaki Festival
3 days of dashi, mikoshi, and local performing arts bringing Hanamaki's streets to life
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3 days of dashi, mikoshi, and local performing arts bringing Hanamaki's streets to life
A Kitakami folk performing arts festival enlivened by group Onikenbai dances, lanterns, and fireworks
A spring festival where Esashi Jinku and shishi-odori bring the community together
A day of floats and festival music bringing color to Mizusawa, with prayers for fire prevention
A festival where Morioka dances through summer to the sounds of drums and flutes
A festival tracing the story of Yoshitsune and the Fujiwara clan through Hiraizumi in spring and autumn
The sound of kagura traveling along the Sanriku coast and keeping Gongen-mai and Ebisu-mai alive