Okayama Prefecture・Maniwa City
Kuze Festival
A lively autumn festival as mikoshi and dashi race through the streets of Kuze
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Okayama Prefecture・Misaki
Gohō Festival
Torchlight and conch shells illuminate a nighttime rite passed down in Misaki
Yamaguchi Prefecture・Iwakuni City
Iwakuni Yukiba no Kagura
A grand kagura of shrine pavilions and pine pillars, passed down in Yukiba
Tokushima Prefecture・Anan City
Tachibana Kenka Danjiri Festival
A spirited festival where dashi collide in a town by the sea
Ehime Prefecture・Seiyo City
Doronko Festival
An Okuiyo mud festival rooted in traditions of plowing with oxen and rice planting
Saga Prefecture・Saga City
Mishima no Kasedori
The sound of green bamboo and visiting deities protect Mishima’s Little New Year
Kagoshima Prefecture・Yusui Town
Daio-dono Festival
A traditional autumn festival that carries masked deities around the boundaries of Yoshimatsu
Akita Prefecture・Nikaho City
Kisakata Bon Hut Ceremony
A summer tradition in Kisakata: welcoming and sending off ancestors with seaside Bon huts and fire
Ibaraki Prefecture・Ryugasaki City
The Gion Festival at Wakashiba Yasaka Jinja
Mikoshi and parents’ prayers, carried on in a post town along the old Mito Kaido