Fukushima Prefecture・Iwaki City
Yabusame and food offerings at Iino Hachimangu Shrine
Iino Hachimangu Shrine’s autumn festival, with galloping horses and traditional food offerings
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Fukushima Prefecture・Fukushima City
Kanazawa no Hayama-gomori
A Kanazawa religious rite that entrusts hopes for a good harvest to water purification and rice-planting rituals
Ibaraki Prefecture・Kitaibaraki City
Otsu Bon-bune Nagashi
Entrusting Kitaibaraki’s memorial prayers to bon-bune sent out to sea
Ibaraki Prefecture・Tsuchiura City
Hie Shrine Yabusame Festival
A bold yabusame festival in Yamanosho, carrying on the legend of the giant monkey’s defeat
Tochigi Prefecture・Nikko City
Kawamata Imamiya-sama no Okomori
Kawamata’s late-night ritual connecting the shrine on Mount Atago with the temporary shrine
Saitama Prefecture・Yashio City
Kisone no Yumi-buchi
A New Year event in Yashio, entrusting community prayers to bows, arrows, and song
Saitama Prefecture・Kumagaya City
Suga Hiro Autumn Festival “Sasara”
Suga Hiro’s autumn festival, brought to life by the sound of the sasara and three lions
Saitama Prefecture・Minano
Tatsuzawa no Mushio-kuri
A prayer to send the village’s epidemics beyond the mountain settlement, entrusted to the bonten and hayashi music
Tokyo Metropolis・Ōme City
Sōban Nenbutsu at Jōganji Temple
Jōganji’s Higoe Nenbutsu, joined by the sound of taiko and hira-gane gongs