Nagano Prefecture・Iida City, Anan Town, Tenryu Village, Yasuoka Village
Shimoina Kake Odori
A Shimoina dance that sends ancestral spirits and prayers on the beat of drums and gongs
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Nagano Prefecture・Chikuma City
The To-nin Festival of Takemizuwake Shrine
An old-style Chikuma festival featuring offerings of rice cakes made from newly harvested grain and a procession of to-nin
Nagano Prefecture・Matsumoto City
Matsumoto Kotoyoka Observances
A winter tradition in Matsumoto: warding off misfortune with straw figures and prayers
Nagano Prefecture・Tenryu Village
Performance arts of the Mukai-kata Okiyome Festival
An ancient kagura tradition of Mukai-kata, Tenryu Village, passed down through boiling-water rites and dances
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
The performing arts of the Snow Festival
Ancient dances and flames of Niino, turning snow into a sign of a good harvest
Gifu Prefecture・Ibigawa Town
Higashitsukumi no Kamakura Odori
A traditional performing art of Higashitsukumi, passed down through drums and dance, with performers carrying horo
Shizuoka Prefecture
Niihama Koto-yoka observance
Okurato’s Koto-yoka observance, sending a camellia-branch boat and straw figures to the village boundary
Shizuoka Prefecture・Shizuoka City
Bon Odori of Utogi and Hirano
A mountain-village Bon Odori where lanterns, drums, songs, and dance send off the ancestors
Shizuoka Prefecture・Fujieda City
Takizawa Yasaka Shrine’s Ta-asobi
A prayer for a good harvest passed down in Takizawa, with rice cultivation brought to life through dance