Kagoshima Prefecture・Satsumasendai City
Performance at the Spring Festival of Minamikata Shrine (Ta-uchi)
A dedication performance in Satsumasendai that expresses hopes for rice cultivation through gestures of tilling the fields
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Kagoshima Prefecture・Satsumasendai City
Jogamachi Taiko Odori (a performance associated with the annual festival at Kozumi Shrine)
A local performing art at the Kozumi Shrine festival, brought to life by flower hats and the sound of drums
Kagoshima Prefecture・Satsumasendai City
Performances associated with the Otaue Festival at Nitta Shrine
Dedicating Yakko-furi and stick dancing to carry on prayers for the rice-planting season
Kagoshima Prefecture・Nishinoomote City
Bon Odori in Yokoyama, Nishinoomote City
Yokoyama’s quiet Bon Odori, adorned with Tanabata poles and flower hats
Okinawa Prefecture・Tarama Village
Sutsuupunaka
Sacred songs and prayers for a bountiful harvest echo across the four ritual sites
Okinawa Prefecture・Motobu Town
Sesoko’s Ufuyumi Shinugui
A religious ritual of prayer and daily life, passed down on Sesoko Island
Okinawa Prefecture・Naha City
Jibāree of aza Omine
Carrying memories of home on the oars: Omine's Barī, passed down on land