Nagano Prefecture・Suwa City
The Owatari Ritual
The path of the gods and the prayers of the community, etched into the ice of Lake Suwa
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Nagano Prefecture・Nagano City
Higashiyokota Mushiokuri Event
Higashiyokota’s summer event: sending off pests and entrusting them to fire and river
Nagano Prefecture・Nagano City
Saikawa Shrine’s Mori Enka
Fireworks offerings in Amori, where skills passed down from Edo adorn the sacred grove
Nagano Prefecture・Nagano City
The Onda Festival, Kodama Stone Ritual, and Gohan Ritual at Tamayorihime-no-Mikoto Shrine
An ancient rite at Tamayorihime-no-Mikoto Shrine in Matsushiro, where the New Year’s harvest is divined
Nagano Prefecture・Nagano City
Takamine-ji’s Tanemaki-e
Ooka’s Tanemaki-e: Connecting the Waters of Mount Hijiri with Prayers for the Harvest
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
Hiyoshi Okkuwa Festival
A festival in which a mikoshi bearing a hoe-shaped object travels through a mountain village, carrying prayers for a good harvest
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
Waseda Puppet Theater and the Kamiokuri Ritual
A folk event in Anan Town featuring 3-person puppetry and rain divination
Nagano Prefecture・Iida City
Koto no Kami Okuri
A traditional event sending misfortune away from Kamimachi to the sound of bells, taiko drums, and song
Nagano Prefecture・Takamori Town
Yoshida no Enka
Handmade fireworks offered at Yoshida Jinja, with records dating back to the Genroku era