Kochi Prefecture・Kochi City
Tosayama Jizo Festival
The Jizo Festival: entrusting wishes to a giant prayer bead and praying for protection through Tosayama’s summer
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Fukuoka Prefecture・Fukuoka City
Imajuku Kamimachi Tenmangu Oni-sube
Imajuku’s New Year’s event, where demons and young men struggle as they go around the town
Fukuoka Prefecture・Fukuoka City
Kinekuma no Tobi no Mizu
A Kanenokuma visiting-deity event that welcomes good fortune in the New Year with water and chants
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Shiraito no Kantsumisogi
A night of prayer and fortune-telling, braving the cold in Shiraito’s clear stream
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Kotonojin Shrine Shinko-sai Festival Rites
An autumn Shinko-sai passed down in Kashima, where shishimai and the mikoshi process through a historic town
Miyazaki Prefecture・Miyakonojo City
Yamanokuchi Yagoro-don Festival
A sacred procession passed down in Yamanokuchi, led by Yagoro-don
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Jibāree of aza Omine
Carrying memories of home on the oars: Omine's Barī, passed down on land