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Okayama Prefecture・Kurashiki City
Oto-shima Festival
Oto-shima's autumn festival, where lantern-lit floats climb the stone steps amid shouts
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Wakayama Prefecture・Kudoyama Town
Niugo-shōfu Festival
Kudoyama’s autumn festival, with banners and a mikoshi procession
Kagoshima Prefecture・Sōo City
Yabusame at Sueyoshi Sumiyoshi Shrine
An autumn hono event from Sōo, where archers shoot from horseback and pray for a bountiful harvest
Scheduled
Yamaguchi Prefecture・Yamaguchi City
Yamaguchi Tenjin Festival
From Kokuma Shrine into the city, a traditional procession brings autumn to life in Yamaguchi
Scheduled
Mie Prefecture・Kuwana City
Ise Daikagura
A prayerful Sōmai adorned with lion dances and acrobatics passed down in Kuwana
Scheduled
Niigata Prefecture・Minamiuonuma City
Echigo Urasa Bishamondo Hadaka-oshi-a-i Festival
The fervor of the bare-chested pushing contest approaching Bishamonten on a snowy night
Niigata Prefecture・Sado City
Uto Shrine Festival
An autumn festival that brings the mining town of Aikawa to life with mikoshi and oni-daiko
Ended
Saitama Prefecture・Kawagoe City
Kawagoe Festival
Dashi and hayashi enliven the kurazukuri streetscape at Kawagoe’s autumn festival
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Nagano Prefecture・Tatsuno-machi
Tengu Festival at Shinmei Jinja
Tatsuno’s unusual festival, where tengu and shishi leap out of a green bamboo boat