Kanagawa Prefecture・Isehara City
Hojo-bo’s Shinboku Nobori
A traditional Hinata event where yamabushi climb a sacred tree and offer prayers
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Kanagawa Prefecture・Miura City
Chakkirako
Misaki’s Little New Year dance, passed down with fans and ayadake bamboo sticks
Kanagawa Prefecture・Yugawara Town
Yoshihama Kashima Odori
A circular and line dance passed down in Yoshihama, traced by fans and paper streamers
Kanagawa Prefecture・Hakone Town
Hakone Yudate Shishimai
A traditional event where Hakone’s prayers live on in the lion’s dance around the cauldron
Kanagawa Prefecture・Yamato City
Fukuda Jinja Annual Festival
Fukuda Jinja’s annual festival, enlivened by hayashi shishimai said to date back to the late Edo period
Kanagawa Prefecture・Odawara City
Akibasan Hibō Festival
An Odawara fire festival where people pray for good health through yamabushi prayers and fire-walking
Kanagawa Prefecture・Yamakita Town
Yozuku Hyakumanben Nenbutsu
A traditional Yamakita event featuring a giant bead rosary, taiko, and nenbutsu
Kanagawa Prefecture・Hiratsuka City
Shimmei Shrine Annual Festival
The Shimmei Shrine Annual Festival: tracing the Gion festival music passed down at Banyu’s guardian shrine