Saitama Prefecture・Tsurugashima City
Suneori Rain-Praying Ritual
A giant dragon-serpent circles a pond as people pray for the blessing of rain in Tsurugashima
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Saitama Prefecture・Saitama City
Ichiyama Shrine Winter Solstice Festival
A winter-solstice tradition in Yono, entrusting wishes to fire-walking and yuzu
Saitama Prefecture・Yashio City
Kisone no Yumi-buchi
A New Year event in Yashio, entrusting community prayers to bows, arrows, and song
Saitama Prefecture・Kazo City
Suwa Shrine Kamadokkae
Kamitakayanagi’s festival, where new sickles are passed on and hopes for a fruitful harvest are renewed
Saitama Prefecture・Yoshikawa City
Kibai Kumano Shrine Miya-nage
A New Year’s Miya-nage, with rice crackers thrown at one another, passed down in Kibai, Yoshikawa
Saitama Prefecture・Ogano Town
Izu-sawa Weather Divination
A traditional Izu-sawa event that reads the weather for the coming year from the arrows’ course
Saitama Prefecture・Ogano Town
Maniwa Amazake Festival
A summer in Ogano and the community’s hopes, brought together by a barley amazake barrel mikoshi
Saitama Prefecture・Kumagaya City
Oegawa Lion Festival
A traditional lion festival winding through Oegawa to spirited shouts
Saitama Prefecture・Kumagaya City
Suga Hiro Autumn Festival “Sasara”
Suga Hiro’s autumn festival, brought to life by the sound of the sasara and three lions