Aichi Prefecture・Shinshiro City, Tōei Town
Shitara no Shikauchi Event
An auspicious ritual passed down in Oku-Mikawa, entrusting wishes to a deer target
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地域：東海
Aichi Prefecture・Toei Town, Toyone Village, and Shitara Town
Hana Matsuri performing arts
A traditional performing art that brings winter in Oku-Mikawa to life with demon masks and dance around a giant cauldron
Mie Prefecture・Ise City
Ise’s Shiraishimochi event
An event carrying white stones and bringing Ise’s prayers to a new sanctuary
Mie Prefecture・Owase City
The New Year’s observances of Owase Kukiura
A New Year’s observance where prayers of a fishing town live on through a great bonfire, kagura, and archery
Mie Prefecture・Yokkaichi City, Owase City
Hokusei and Kumano Kujira-fune Events
A spirited battle between the kujira-fune and whale, passed down as a local tradition
Gifu Prefecture・Ikeda Town
Shimohigashino Ichiyama Karakuri Fireworks
A festival in Ikeda Town featuring inherited karakuri puppetry and fireworks
Gifu Prefecture・Gujo City
Nanoka Festival
A traditional event at Myoken Shrine, linking the mikoshi procession with three dances
Shizuoka Prefecture・Izunokuni City
Kawakannjo
A Bon-season event in Ohito, entrusting prayers to a torch-bearing raft set afloat on the Kano River
Shizuoka Prefecture・Kawanehoncho
Hiraya no Nagashitai
Hiraya’s summer tradition: sending a flaming tai down the Oi River, carrying prayers onward