Gifu Prefecture・Ogaki City
Setsubun-e Hadaka Matsuri
Hoko-in’s Hadaka Matsuri, where participants cross the wintry Kuise River to ward off misfortune
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Shizuoka Prefecture・Shizuoka City
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine’s Setsubun observances
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine’s Setsubun: driving away demons with wishes in the sound of striking boards
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Kyoto Prefecture・Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City
Senbon Enmado Gokyo Setsubun Festival
A Setsubun festival featuring the chant “Demons in too” and nenbutsu kyogen
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Kyoto Prefecture・Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City
Tsina Shiki Oni Hōraku
A Setsubun Buddhist service in which three-colored ogres dance and evil is driven away with a hōkyū and goma
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Kyoto Prefecture・Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City
Tenryu-ji Seven Lucky Gods Pilgrimage (Setsubun Festival)
A Setsubun day spent visiting Tenryu-ji’s subtemples to invite good fortune
Kyoto Prefecture・Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Heian Jingu Setsubun Festival
A Setsubun festival featuring the ancient-style Da Na no Gi and the Oni no Mai
Kyoto Prefecture・Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Shogoin Setsubun-e
A distinctive Shogoin Setsubun observance that guides demons to reform instead of driving them away
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Kyoto Prefecture・Miyazu City
Kyo-oji Temple Setsubun Grand Festival
Miyazu’s Setsubun Grand Festival, wishing for good fortune through prayers and bean throwing
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Nagasaki Prefecture・Nagasaki City
Mottomo of Teguma and Kakidomari
A Setsubun tradition in which visitors from another world in unusual costumes bring good fortune to Teguma and Kakidomari
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