Wakura Onsen Omatsuri Hall
Wakura’s hub for experiencing the excitement of Nanao’s four major festivals at life size
Explore Japanese festivals matching Hokuriku and Koshinetsu. Find dates, highlights and travel information for your visit. Page 21.
地域:北陸・甲信越
Wakura’s hub for experiencing the excitement of Nanao’s four major festivals at life size
Yamadera’s Ennen: preserving kouta dances, bugaku performed by children, and kagura
13 dashi and Tsukiyama festivities bring color to the port town, from flower-decorated floats by day to lantern-covered floats by night
A cormorant’s sign of the coming year’s harvest in Noto’s December
An elegant devotional dance handed down at Itozaki-ji Temple, featuring Buddhist masks and gagaku
Local theater passed down on a stage preserved by the people of Oshika Village
A festival in Iiyama where fire atop 2 Hashiramatsu foretells abundance and peace
A traditional kagura of Toyama Valley, where cauldrons of hot water and sacred masks carry the night onward
A Dengaku ritual in Anan Town, where the flames of a giant torch and masked dances continue until dawn