Hokkaido・Iwamizawa City
Iwamizawa Saika Festival
Iwamizawa’s flowers, dance, and a colorful summer festival
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Hokkaido・Kikonai Town
Kikonai Town Midwinter Misogi Festival
A traditional Kikonai ritual in which participants carry the sacred object into the freezing sea
Hokkaido・Noboribetsu City
Noboribetsu Fishing Port Festival
A seaside festival celebrating the port’s bounty and praying for a good catch, with fireworks lighting up the night sky
Iwate Prefecture・Oshu City
Somin-sai
The Kuroishi-ji Somin-sai Festival in Oshu: flames and prayers that last through the night
Iwate Prefecture・Shizukuishi Town
Iwate Snow Festival
A winter scene in Shizukuishi, brought to life by snow sculptures and kamakura
Akita Prefecture・Ogachi District
Ebisu Dawara
A traditional harvest-prayer event featuring a rice-bale mikoshi and songs parading through town
Akita Prefecture・Noshiro City
Noshiro Yaku Tanabata
A Tanabata festival of castle-shaped lantern floats crossing Noshiro at night and shachi ornaments dancing down the river
Yamagata Prefecture・Yonezawa City
Shiono Bishamondo Festival
Shiono’s festival, where red-and-black shishi and a rampaging mikoshi charge across the temple grounds
Ibaraki Prefecture・Sakuragawa City
Iwase Station Front Summer Festival
Mikoshi and dashi gather in front of Iwase Station for a festival bringing summer to the neighborhood associations