Tango Chirimen Festival
A festival celebrating Tango’s silk culture and the appeal of weaving
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A festival celebrating Tango’s silk culture and the appeal of weaving
A Kusayama celebration where fireworks and dekotora lights brighten the mountain village’s night sky
Visit the Nanatoko Jizo and enjoy a fireworks festival that brightens Wadayama’s summer
A sacred abstinence festival where sake is brewed in silence and the island’s harvest is divined
Torchlight and conch shells illuminate a nighttime rite passed down in Misaki
An autumn Tsuyama Festival, with the festivals of 3 shrines and danjiri bringing color to the castle town
A traditional Yamaga summer-night spectacle illuminated by gold lanterns and the Yoheho-bushi
Hiyamaji’s Bon dance, passed down through song and the sound of fans
A Bon Odori tradition in Yamaga, with drums and narrative songs passed down in each settlement