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Nagasaki Prefecture・Nagasaki City
Dragon Dance
A dedicated performing art passed down at Nagasaki Kunchi, with dragon and musicians dancing in procession
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Kanagawa Prefecture・Hiratsuka City
Okazaki Shrine Festival (Sannōsha)
A Yoimiya festival and mikoshi festival passed down in Hiratsuka’s Okazaki district
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Nara Prefecture・Nara City
Okina-mai at Nara no Hikofuto Shrine
A Nara evening festival where 3 old men keep an ancient performing art alive
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Kagawa Prefecture・Higashikagawa City
Shirotori Toragashira-mai
Passing down the story held in the tiger’s head at Shirotori Shrine’s autumn festival
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Saitama Prefecture・Hidaka City
Kinchakuda Spider Lily Festival
Autumn at Kinchakuda, colored by around 5 million spider lilies
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Fukushima Prefecture・Nihonmatsu City
Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival
The lantern-lit nights and traditional sounds of Nihonmatsu, brought to life by the taiko floats of 7 neighborhoods
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Wakayama Prefecture・Gobo City and Mihama Town
Gobo Festival
Two days of yotsudaiko and traditional offerings bringing color to autumn in Gobo
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Fukushima Prefecture・Fukushima City
Iizaka Kenka Festival
A spirited return to the shrine by dashi from six neighborhoods, to the sound of taiko and beneath glowing chochin
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Ishikawa Prefecture・Hakusan City
Hōrai Festival
An autumn festival that fills Tsurugi’s streets with giant floats and a mikoshi
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