Utsukushima Yosakoi Festival
A Fukushima YOSAKOI stage filled with the sound of naruko clappers and local music
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A Fukushima YOSAKOI stage filled with the sound of naruko clappers and local music
A rice-planting dance passed down through four hamlets, performed to pray for a bountiful harvest
An ancient rice-field ritual dance in Tanagura, depicting a bountiful harvest on a taiko drum
A Naganuma festival where handmade Nebuta and Neputa illuminate the dances and night sky
Rural kabuki in Yanagihashi, passed down by local people
A junior stage competition with naruko clappers and the Soran Bushi folk song
Contemporary art across 6 northern municipalities, set amid coastal and mountain landscapes
Tengu visit mountain shrines in Kasama at this unusual festival, where calls ring out
Mikoshi and dashi gather in front of Iwase Station for a festival bringing summer to the neighborhood associations