Nagano Prefecture・Miyota Town
Odai Dosojin Festival
A children’s Dosojin festival walking alongside life-size straw horses
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Nagano Prefecture・Ikeda Town
Ikeda Hachiman Shrine Festival
A traditional grand festival with 8 floats and 2 boats bringing color to Ikeda
Fukuoka Prefecture・Fukuoka City
Kinekuma no Tobi no Mizu
A Kanenokuma visiting-deity event that welcomes good fortune in the New Year with water and chants
Saga Prefecture・Karatsu City
Inoko-sama of Ōshiraki
Ōshiraki’s harvest celebration, passed down through straw coverings and chants
Saga Prefecture・Karatsu City
Obishiraki Inoko-sama (commonly known as Tobitobi)
Children in Waratobi celebrate the harvest in Obishiraki
Saga Prefecture・Kashima City
Kotonojin Shrine Shinko-sai Festival Rites
An autumn Shinko-sai passed down in Kashima, where shishimai and the mikoshi process through a historic town
Nagasaki Prefecture・Tsushima City
Yakuma in Kisaka and Omi
A festival of towers that carry Tsushima’s prayers into the present, built from stones gathered on the shore
Kumamoto Prefecture・Kikuchi City
Yometori Festival
A traditional Hiekata event that brings local hopes together through rituals and a mock wedding