Tottori Prefecture・Tottori City, Iwami Town, Wakasa Town, Chizu Town, Yazu Town
Inaba Kirin Lion Dance
A traditional Inaba performing art, alive with a kirin head and gentle music
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Tottori Prefecture・Yonago City
Kamiyodo Hassaku Tug-of-War
The Kamiyodo Hassaku Tug-of-War: carrying a giant straw snake and divining the harvest
Tottori Prefecture・Tottori City
Koshiji Rain-Calling Dance
A traditional performing art in Koshiji, carrying prayers for rain and gratitude through dance
Shimane Prefecture・Ōnan Town
Ōmoto dance
The solemn Ōmoto Kagura of Ōnan, passed down at Kamo Shrine
Shimane Prefecture・Unnan City
Tsuki-no-ya Kagura
Traditional kagura of Unnan, passed down through the seven-seat rites and sacred dances
Shimane Prefecture・Nishinoshima Town
The Garden Dance at Hiyoshi Shrine
A Nishinoshima festival where local prayers live on through dance and children's sumo
Shimane Prefecture・Gotsu City
Yamanaka Oaratame and Shishi-gari Event
A traditional Gotsu event where rice divination and arrows shot at rice cakes carry the hopes of the community
Okayama Prefecture・Setouchi City
Karako Odori and Tachi Odori
Two traditional dances performed by boys, bringing color to autumn in Ushimado
Okayama Prefecture
Touya observance of Chiyashiro Castle
Kurashima Shrine’s autumn festival: preserving old family lineages and the bounty of the fields