Akita Prefecture・Nikaho City
Kamigo Little New Year Festival
Yokooka and Omori’s Little New Year: A Tradition Passed Down Through Fire, Song, and Children
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地域：東北
Akita Prefecture・Katagami City, Oga City
Toko Yasaka Shrine Toin (統人) Observance
A traditional festival of toin steeped in myth and water-deity worship
Akita Prefecture・Yurihonjo City
Honkai Shishimai Bangaku
Vigorous, varied lion dances and bangaku passed down through faith in Mount Chokai
Fukushima Prefecture・Nihonmatsu City
Ishii’s Seven Lucky Gods and Taue Odori
A tradition of Taue Odori praying for abundant harvests, beginning with the Seven Lucky Gods dancing in
Yamagata Prefecture・Tsuruoka City
The huge-torch ritual of the Shoreisai Festival
A New Year’s Eve fire festival on Mount Haguro, where wishes are entrusted to huge torches
Yamagata Prefecture・Kahoku Town and Sagae City
Hayashike Bugaku
The sounds of classical court dance and music passed down in Yachi and Jionji
Yamagata Prefecture・Yuza Town
Yuza’s Little New Year events
Yuza’s Little New Year: Visitors in straw kendan and masks
Aomori Prefecture・Tago Town
Tago Kagura
A yamabushi kagura from Tago Town, passed down with a sacred lion head and fast music
Aomori Prefecture・Hirosaki City
Tsugaru Kagura
An elegant kagura passed down by Tsugaru’s Shinto priests and alive in its festivals