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Kyoto Prefecture・Kyoto City
Kurama Fire Festival
A traditional fire festival where blazing torches and mikoshi light up the Kurama night
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Mie Prefecture・Iga City
Ueno Tenjin Festival
An autumn festival in Iga-Ueno, with an oni procession and 9 dashi parading through the streets
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Shimane Prefecture・Matsue City
Gatchi Festival
A peculiar autumn festival in Nonami, where demon-masked Gatchi purify the roads
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Aichi Prefecture・Gamagori City
Miya Festival
A 300-year-old festival rooted in Gamagori, where dashi travel through the sea
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Nagano Prefecture・Tatsuno-machi
Tengu Festival at Shinmei Jinja
Tatsuno’s unusual festival, where tengu and shishi leap out of a green bamboo boat
Aichi Prefecture・Nishio City
Tengu Festival
A Nishio festival of prayer, where men wearing red masks carry the Great Tengu mikoshi
Hyogo Prefecture・Himeji City
Nada Fighting Festival
A powerful autumn festival in Himeji, where mikoshi and floats resound together
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Oita Prefecture・Kunisaki City
Kebesu Festival
Kunisaki’s traditional fire festival, where Kebesu and Touba send sparks flying
Kyoto Prefecture・Fukuchiyama City
Nukata Dashi Festival (Autumn Festival at Nukata Ichinomiya Shrine)
Nukata’s autumn festival, brightened by rotating floats and tsukurimon displays made with nature’s bounty
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