Gatchi Festival
A peculiar autumn festival in Nonami, where demon-masked Gatchi purify the roads
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A peculiar autumn festival in Nonami, where demon-masked Gatchi purify the roads
The resonant dō drums and spirited procession bring generations together in the castle town
Dashi and festival music wind through Yasugi; the Tsukinowa Festival lights up the port
A circle of dancers carries on history on the singing-sand beach
Summer fireworks in Nichihara, with sounds echoing over the Takatsu River and surrounding mountains
A summer festival wishing for peace, with Tanabata processions and dashi lighting up the night in Daito
Matsue’s summer fireworks over Lake Shinji, coloring the water and night sky
A dashi sways to festival music as it dances through Higashimachi, in a traditional event passed down on the Oki Islands
A summer ritual that brings Tsuwano's streets to life with white heron dances and music