Furukawa Festival
Hida-Furukawa’s spring festival, celebrated with the Okoshi Daiko and magnificent dashi floats
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Hida-Furukawa’s spring festival, celebrated with the Okoshi Daiko and magnificent dashi floats
A festival where a golden mikoshi and Iori songs make their way through springtime in Fukumitsu
An ancient 12-stage Bugaku from Mori Town, passed down by children and adults
A remarkable lion dance passed down in Fushiki Ichinomiya, glaring away misfortune
12 dances passed down in Mori Town, brought to life by children and masked dances
Fujimori’s Rice-Planting Dance: Sacred Performing Arts Celebrating the Season from Planting to Harvest
A traditional Gero festival entrusting prayers for a good harvest to hanagasa hats and rice-field performing arts
Ta-asobi, a prayer for a good harvest that depicts a year of rice cultivation with drums and recitations
A Tenka Matsuri that reflects Edo traditions, with hōren palanquins and mikoshi traveling through central Tokyo