Goho-den Dengaku and Lion Dances
A Festival in Iwaki Alive with Dueling Hoko, Dengaku, and Four Lion Dances
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A Festival in Iwaki Alive with Dueling Hoko, Dengaku, and Four Lion Dances
A local performing art of Sekibe, passed down through fans and taiko as a prayer to the sun
A New Year’s ritual in Nihonmatsu, performing a year of rice cultivation to pray for a good harvest
A traditional dance of Tamakawa Village girls, accompanied by nenbutsu chants, flutes, and bells
Iino Hachimangu Shrine’s autumn festival, with galloping horses and traditional food offerings
Tracing the tradition of annual events passed down in Mishima Town
Aizu First Markets entrust New Year’s wishes to good-luck charms and the market deity
The Okayama district’s water-splashing ritual, with prayers for protection from fire and the removal of misfortune
A Kanazawa religious rite that entrusts hopes for a good harvest to water purification and rice-planting rituals