Fukui Prefecture・Fukui City
Shirahama Amamen
A night when masked visiting deities ask for promises at homes in Shirahama
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地域：北陸・甲信越
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Tenman Shrine Annual Festival Ritual
Fujii’s spring festival, where children’s dances and the young people’s mikoshi procession come together
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Toiwai and Kitsunegari
A Koshogatsu observance that welcomes good fortune into Wakasa homes with celebratory sticks and chants
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
The Circulating Jizo of the Tamaoki Estate
Jizo visits seven settlements, bringing prayers into everyday life
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Ta no Kami Festival and Children’s Mikoshi
A festival of children’s mikoshi and calls in Wakasa, celebrating the end of rice planting
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Gion Festival (Wakasa Town)
The town-designated Gion Festival, passed down in Hikasa, Wakasa Town
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Miko New Year Ritual
A New Year ritual in Miko, with messages from crows and wishes entrusted to the bow
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Shikimi Jinja Reisai Ritual
A distinctive reisai in Wakasa, where a gohei is pounded as part of a tradition passed down at the guardian shrine
Yamanashi Prefecture・Hokuto City
Shimokuraishi Shishimai and Dosojin Festival
The Onna-shishi Dance and the Little New Year in Hakushu, watched over by Dosojin