Mining Festival
Songs and dances of a mining town, and a Sado summer festival that lights up the night sky
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Songs and dances of a mining town, and a Sado summer festival that lights up the night sky
A traditional lantern-pushing festival, with lights and mikoshi winding through Yahiko’s summer
A festival that traces Murakami’s prayers through dashi and festival music that bring the castle town to life
A grand festival in Niigata where otakusen divination meets the lively atmosphere of the stalls
Akami District’s mushio-kuri: entrusting prayers to five-colored flags and fire-walking
A folk cultural property passed down at Amatsu Shrine in Itoigawa City and Nou Hakusan Shrine
Shimokairaden’s unusual festival, carrying a huge sacred object and praying for abundance and good fortune
The prayers and fervor of Urasa, carried on through water purification and hadaka-oshi
A festival to explore snow sculptures and plazas and discover winter culture in snow country