Osaka Prefecture・Osaka City
Sumiyoshi Matsuri
A summer festival in Osaka featuring the chinowa ring-passing rite and a mikoshi procession
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Shimane Prefecture・Tsuwano Town
Sagimai
A summer ritual that brings Tsuwano's streets to life with white heron dances and music
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Yamaguchi Prefecture・Yamaguchi City
Yamaguchi Gion Festival
A Gion festival carrying on Yamaguchi's summer traditions, with the Sagi no Mai and mikoshi
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Shimane Prefecture・Tsuwano Town
Sagi Mai at Tsuwano Yasaka Shrine
An elegant, traditional dance traced by white heron wings through Tsuwano’s castle town
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Gunma Prefecture・Maebashi City
Ogo Gion Festival
A summer festival in Ogo, with the Rampaging Lion parading through town and the mikoshi offering protection
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Aichi Prefecture・Kariya City
Mantō Festival (Kariya City)
Giant mantō against the night sky, dancing to flutes and drums in Kariya’s summer
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Hyogo Prefecture・Tamba City
Ichijima Kawasuso Festival
Ichijima’s summer festival, where lights on the Takeda River meet fireworks in the night sky
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Fukuoka Prefecture・Omuta City
Omuta Daijayama Festival
A festival where fire, smoke, and drums carry Omuta through summer with the Daijayama
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Niigata Prefecture・Yahiko Village
Yahiko Shrine Lantern Pushing Festival and Bugaku
A traditional lantern-pushing festival, with lights and mikoshi winding through Yahiko’s summer
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