Niigata Prefecture・Nagaoka City
Hodare Festival
Shimokairaden’s unusual festival, carrying a huge sacred object and praying for abundance and good fortune
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Okayama Prefecture・Maniwa City
Katsuyama’s Hina Festival
A spring hina festival featuring dolls passed down through the streets of Katsuyama
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Akita Prefecture・Semboku City
Nakazato Kandekko-age Event
A Little New Year observance in Semboku City, entrusting wishes to a sacred katsura tree
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Tokyo Metropolis・Itabashi City
Itabashi no Ta-asobi
Ta-asobi, a prayer for a good harvest that depicts a year of rice cultivation with drums and recitations
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Mie Prefecture・Tsu City
Gonbo Festival
A Misugi festival where prayers are offered through ancient rituals and miso-seasoned burdock
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Kyoto Prefecture・Miyazu City
Kyo-oji Temple Setsubun Grand Festival
Miyazu’s Setsubun Grand Festival, wishing for good fortune through prayers and bean throwing
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Okayama Prefecture・Tsuyama City
Fukurikō Shrine Grand Festival
Three days in Fukuri, Tsuyama, discovering beliefs in safe childbirth and protection from mamushi bites
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Nara Prefecture・Asuka Village
Ondasai
Asuka’s Ondasai: rice-planting actions and rituals unique to a strange festival
Gunma Prefecture・Shibukawa City
Japan’s Center Shibukawa Heso Festival
A festival celebrating Shibukawa’s “navel” through pictures painted on the stomach and dance