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Gifu Prefecture・Seki City
Seki Festival
A nighttime display of illuminated andon mikoshi and a community celebration that brings color to the city of cutlery
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Kanagawa Prefecture・Oiso Town
Kōraiji Festival: Procession of the Mountain Mikoshi
Oiso’s spring festival, where a mikoshi climbs the steep slopes of Mount Koma
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Saitama Prefecture・Yokoze Town
U ne Yasaka Shrine Grand Festival
A spring festival with sun-and-moon kasahoko floats making their way at the foot of Mount Buko
Yamanashi Prefecture・Kofu City
Shingen-ko Festival
A stirring pageant of an army gathering in the streets of Kofu to set out for battle
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Ended
Gifu Prefecture・Gifu City
Dōsan Festival
A spring festival honoring Saitō Dōsan, with mikoshi and music bringing the city to life
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Ended
Shizuoka Prefecture・Shizuoka City
Shizuoka Festival
A spring festival of cherry blossoms and historical pageantry in Sunpu, associated with Lord Ieyasu
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Ended
Aichi Prefecture・Handa City
Okkawa Festival
The Okkawa festival, where 4 dashi guarding the mikoshi tackle steep slopes
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Niigata Prefecture・Nagaoka City
Hodare Festival
Shimokairaden’s unusual festival, carrying a huge sacred object and praying for abundance and good fortune
Niigata Prefecture・Minamiuonuma City
The custom of hadaka-oshi at Urasa Bishamondo
The prayers and fervor of Urasa, carried on through water purification and hadaka-oshi
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