Tenryu-ji Seven Lucky Gods Pilgrimage (Setsubun Festival)
A Setsubun day spent visiting Tenryu-ji’s subtemples to invite good fortune
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A Setsubun day spent visiting Tenryu-ji’s subtemples to invite good fortune
A Setsubun festival featuring the ancient-style Da Na no Gi and the Oni no Mai
A distinctive Shogoin Setsubun observance that guides demons to reform instead of driving them away
Miyazu’s Setsubun Grand Festival, wishing for good fortune through prayers and bean throwing
A Setsubun tradition in which visitors from another world in unusual costumes bring good fortune to Teguma and Kakidomari
Three days in Fukuri, Tsuyama, discovering beliefs in safe childbirth and protection from mamushi bites
Asuka’s Ondasai: rice-planting actions and rituals unique to a strange festival
A fire-prevention ritual passed down in Yonekawa, with a group in straw costumes racing through town
Obihiro’s winter, featuring ice and snow art, winter activities, and the flavors of Tokachi