Aso no Otaue
Aso's prayers for a bountiful harvest, with mikoshi and Ota-uta songs winding through the green rice fields
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Aso's prayers for a bountiful harvest, with mikoshi and Ota-uta songs winding through the green rice fields
A dashi sways to festival music as it dances through Higashimachi, in a traditional event passed down on the Oki Islands
A summer ritual that brings Tsuwano's streets to life with white heron dances and music
A Gion festival carrying on Yamaguchi's summer traditions, with the Sagi no Mai and mikoshi
A summer music festival in Sapporo where young musicians from around the world bring their music together
Summer fireworks along the Kano River, lighting up central Numazu
An elegant, traditional dance traced by white heron wings through Tsuwano’s castle town
A Tsushima tradition brought to life by lantern-lit boats and Hokomochi divers
A festival where the banner-decorated dashi by day transforms into a pyramid of light at night