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Yamanashi Prefecture・Fujiyoshida City
Yoshida Fire Festival
A summer festival in Fujiyoshida, where giant torches light the town and mikoshi carry on tradition
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Niigata Prefecture・Sekikawa Village
Echigo-Sekikawa Oshitamonja Festival
An 82.8-meter serpent parade that carries the village’s memories forward
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Tochigi Prefecture・Ichikai
Tanobe no Tenasai
Hayashi music and lanterns around the Tendana, followed by the spirited hadaka-momi at night
Fukuoka Prefecture・Itoshima City
Dainyū Bon Rope-Pulling
A Dainyū Obon tradition that turns a large kudzu rope into a sumo ring
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Mie Prefecture・Kuwana City
Kuwana Ishidori Festival
Two summer days of ringing gongs and drums as Kuwana’s dasha parade through town
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