Kyoto Prefecture・Muko City
Muko Shrine Ohitaki Festival
A festival at Muko Shrine where about 10,000 firewood sticks are burned to pray for good health and good fortune
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Kyoto Prefecture・Ayabe City
Ayabe Yakuyoke Grand Festival
A winter festival in Ayabe for protection from misfortune, where visitors pass through gates and make their wishes
Osaka Prefecture・Kawachinagano City
Hachiman Shrine’s Kensho Nawakake
A ritual that ties Amami’s wishes into a great shimenawa spanning the river
Osaka Prefecture・Kawachinagano City
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Oki Mura Festival
A traditional Oki festival featuring the meeting of the Sun Deity and Moon Deity, with taiko and processions
Hiroshima Prefecture・Miyoshi City
Susa Shrine’s Matoyumi Festival
Prayers for a year of health and protection from illness in Kōnu, entrusted to the sound of a bow and a single arrow
Yamaguchi Prefecture・Waki Town
Ekijin Shrine’s ritual for warding off misfortune
Sekigahama’s misfortune-warding ritual, entrusted to a giant straw snake and a lion mask
Ehime Prefecture・Imabari City
Kasahoko Festival
A Furudani festival where kasahoko are raised in prayer for the well-being of cattle, horses, and the community
Kochi Prefecture・Shimanto City
Daimonji Okuribi
A large character-shaped fire lighting up the night sky, passed down at Jūdaiji Mountain