Mie Prefecture・Nabari City
The Wakago Festival at Hachiman Jinja
A ritual celebrating a milestone in the community by welcoming the wakago and holding yabusame-style archery and a celebratory gathering
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Mie Prefecture・Odai Town
Kawazoe Shrine Gomikake Festival
A shrine festival in Tochihara, where hopes for a good harvest are entrusted to archery and the Naematsu ceremony
Mie Prefecture・Asahi Town
Hachioji Festival (Asahi Town)
A fire festival in Komukai, Asahi Town, to ward off misfortune, with torches and drums resounding
Mie Prefecture・Matsusaka City
Hazume Mushioshi
A night in Hazume, with taiko, a conch shell, and 3-meter torches moving through the village
Mie Prefecture・Kuwana City
Tado Taisha Shrine Ageuma Ritual
A harvest-prayer ritual with horses and riders galloping up Tado’s slope
Mie Prefecture・Tsu City
Shōjin Festival
February’s Shōjin Festival, passed down in Mitake and Sugihira
Mie Prefecture・Tsu City
Takazawara Yama no Kami
Prayers to the mountain deity, passed down in Takazawara, Misato-cho
Shiga Prefecture・Moriyama City
Hi Matsuri
Moriyama’s Hi Matsuri, where giant dragon-shaped torches set the winter night sky ablaze
Shiga Prefecture・Hino Town
Nakayama Imo Kurabe Festival
A festival rooted in Nakayama tradition, where taro from the east and west are compared at Nogamiyama