Aomori Prefecture・Sotogahama Town
Minato Matsuri
Enjoy the bounty of the sea and local warmth at Kanita’s port
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Ibaraki Prefecture・Kitaibaraki City
Otsu Bon-bune Nagashi
Entrusting Kitaibaraki’s memorial prayers to bon-bune sent out to sea
Chiba Prefecture・Kisarazu City
Bonten Setting-Up in Nakajima, Kisarazu
A New Year event in Nakajima, where bonten and prayers meet by the sea
Kanagawa Prefecture・Kamakura City
Gosho Shrine Annual Festival
An early-summer grand festival where mikoshi connect the streets and sea of Zaimokuza
Ishikawa Prefecture・Nomi City
Yoshihara Kamaya Bonmukae Oshorai
A Bon event in Yoshihara Kamaya, welcoming ancestors with coastal torches and calls
Fukui Prefecture・Obama City
Nishizu Shichinen Festival
A Shichinen Festival where mikoshi and performances carry on Nishizu’s fishing-village culture
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Miko New Year Ritual
A New Year ritual in Miko, with messages from crows and wishes entrusted to the bow
Shizuoka Prefecture・Nishiizu Town
Hama Segaki
Arari’s Hama Segaki: prayers by lantern light, alongside gratitude for the sea’s bounty
Mie Prefecture・Ise City
Shinzennbushin
Shinzennbushin carries on Matsushita’s prayers through the shimenawa tied at Sakishima