Karigane Festival
Throwing Torches: Fire and Drums Carrying on the Legacy of the Karigane Embankment
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Throwing Torches: Fire and Drums Carrying on the Legacy of the Karigane Embankment
A festival celebrating the Benkei legend that lives on in Tanabe through dance and theater
A night when music and candlelight echo through Yakushima’s forest
More than 10,000 fireworks light up the night sky over Tamana, beside the Kikuchi River
A local performing art of Gogoshima, passed down on a floating stage
The torii burning of Katsunuma, Koshu, illuminating the night sky above Daizenji
An autumn festival in Inami, where dashi and mikoshi cross the river and harbor
Arikawa Kagura: passed down on a 2-tatami-mat stage, accompanied by flute and taiko
An autumn festival featuring dashi that tell the story of Yahagi’s history and a miko dance