Mt. Tsukuba Plum Blossom Festival
A spring mountain scene of Tsukuba stone and red and white plum blossoms
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A spring mountain scene of Tsukuba stone and red and white plum blossoms
The lights of prayer flickering at Iwayado, accompanied by Tsugaru festival music
A spring hina festival featuring dolls passed down through the streets of Katsuyama
A Little New Year observance in Semboku City, entrusting wishes to a sacred katsura tree
A visit to the kagura of central Shizuoka: dances and drums passed down in mountain villages
A winter festival in Katsuyama, illuminated by music from the yagura and flames at Benten Riverbed
A 500-year-old Eyo contest for the shingi in the sacred darkness
Ta-asobi and the oni dance: Okazaki’s prayers passed down amid flames
Welcoming spring in Hachinohe with harvest-prayer dances and ornate eboshi hats