Kumamoto Prefecture・Yatsushiro City, Ashikita Town
Yatsushiro and Ashikita’s Tanabata Rope
Yatsushiro and Ashikita’s Tanabata Rope: Straw Crafts and Stars Entrusted to a Rope Stretched Above a River
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Miyazaki Prefecture・Saito City, Kijo Town, Nishimera Village
Mera Mountain Kagura
Night Kagura in a Mountain Village Where Deities and Hunting Culture Live On
Miyazaki Prefecture・Morotsuka Village
Morotsuka Kagura
Kagura dances guided by sacred masks, passed down in the mountain villages of Morotsuka
Aomori Prefecture・Nambu Town
Nanbu Town Peony Festival
Spring in Nanbu Town: admiring large peonies on the mid-slopes of Mount Nakui
Tochigi Prefecture・Nikko City
Kawamata Imamiya-sama no Okomori
Kawamata’s late-night ritual connecting the shrine on Mount Atago with the temporary shrine
Tochigi Prefecture・Ashikaga City
Mount Sekison Bonten Festival
A traditional Mount Sekison event in which bonten are dedicated at sunrise
Saitama Prefecture・Minano
Tatsuzawa no Mushio-kuri
A prayer to send the village’s epidemics beyond the mountain settlement, entrusted to the bonten and hayashi music
Saitama Prefecture・Minano
Kadodaira Mushioshiri
A summer event in Minano, sending misfortune from the mountain village away with okuri-dake bamboo poles and the sound of drums
Saitama Prefecture・Chichibu City
Tsukagoe Flower Festival
A rural flower festival where wildflowers are scattered and a flower pavilion makes its way along