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Iwate Prefecture・Hanamaki City
Hanamaki Festival
3 days of dashi, mikoshi, and local performing arts bringing Hanamaki's streets to life
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Iwate Prefecture・Kitakami City
Kitakami Michinoku Geino Festival
A Kitakami folk performing arts festival enlivened by group Onikenbai dances, lanterns, and fireworks
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Iwate Prefecture・Oshu City
Esashi Jinku Festival
A spring festival where Esashi Jinku and shishi-odori bring the community together
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Iwate Prefecture・Hanamaki City
Ishihatooka Kagura and Tsuchizawa Kagura
Kagura of Hanamaki and Towa, alive with Gongen-mai and a rich variety of dances
Iwate Prefecture・Morioka City
Morioka Sansa Odori
A festival where Morioka dances through summer to the sounds of drums and flutes
Iwate Prefecture・Kitakami City
Oni Kenbai
A powerful Kitakami group dance, with Buddha masks and nenbutsu chants
Iwate Prefecture・Hanamaki City
Hayachine Kagura
Dances by two kagura troupes carrying on the mountain faith
Iwate Prefecture・Shiwa Town
Yamaya Taue-odori
A rice-planting dance that depicts a year of rice farming through song and dance, with spinning flower hats
Iwate Prefecture・Fudai Village
Unotori Kagura
The sound of kagura traveling along the Sanriku coast and keeping Gongen-mai and Ebisu-mai alive