Kagoshima Prefecture・Aira City
Kiso Odori and Taiko Odori
Kajiki’s dedicatory performance, brought together by fox characters and the sound of taiko drums
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Kagoshima Prefecture・Nishinoomote City
Genna Tanegashima Ōodori
A traditional performing art of Genna, passed down through the sound of large drums and shifting formations
Kagoshima Prefecture
The Tradition of Satsuma Horse Dancing
Satsuma’s offering performance, with decorated horses and dancers
Kagoshima Prefecture・Nishinoomote City, Minamitane Town
Tanegashima Bon Odori
Memories of Obon on Tanegashima, carried on through drums and circle dances
Kagoshima Prefecture・Minamitane Town
The parlor dance of Minamitane, Tanegashima
Songs and improvised dance alive in Minamitane’s celebratory parlors
Kagoshima Prefecture・Toshima Village
Kuchinoshima Bon Odori
Kuchinoshima’s Obon event, where oral dance and kyogen pass the island’s prayers down to the present
Kagoshima Prefecture・Amami City
Setta Mankai
Songs and beckoning gestures face off in Setta Village’s traditional New Year’s performance
Kagoshima Prefecture・Satsumasendai City
Motomura Gaku Taiko Odori (performing art associated with the annual festival at Suwa Shrine)
A ceremonial performance in Iriki, brought to life by kane bells, taiko drums, flower hats, and yahata flags
Kagoshima Prefecture・Satsumasendai City
Performance at the Spring Festival of Minamikata Shrine (Ta-uchi)
A dedication performance in Satsumasendai that expresses hopes for rice cultivation through gestures of tilling the fields