Kanagawa Prefecture・Kawasaki City
Kanamara Festival
Kanayama Shrine’s annual festival, where distinctive mikoshi bring color to spring in Kawasaki
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Nagano Prefecture・Nozawa Onsen Village
Nozawa Onsen’s Dosojin Festival
Prayers for Little New Year in Nozawa Onsen, bound together by a sacred tree and flames
Miyazaki Prefecture・Takachiho Town
Takachiho no Yo Kagura
An all-night ritual preserving myth-inspired dances in each village
Yamagata Prefecture・Shonai Town
Yaya Festival
The prayers of Chigawara, carried on through bitter-cold water rituals and ohyakudo-mairi
Chiba Prefecture・Funabashi City, Chiba City, Yachiyo City, and Narashino City
Shimōsa Miyama’s Seven-Year Festival
A seven-year festival for safe childbirth and child-rearing, linking mikoshi from 9 shrines across 4 cities
Niigata Prefecture・Sanjo City
Sanjo Matsuri
A spring grand festival enlivening the streets of Sanjo with a mikoshi and daimyo procession
Fukui Prefecture・Fukui City
Hanayama event
A procession in Tochiizumi, where children carry seasonal Hanayama and pass on their prayers
Shizuoka Prefecture・Shimada City
Shimada Grand Festival
A traditional Shimada-juku procession featuring Ōyakkos carrying maru obi sashes
Hyogo Prefecture・Tamba-Sasayama City
Kusayama Fireworks Festival
A Kusayama celebration where fireworks and dekotora lights brighten the mountain village’s night sky