Toyama Prefecture・Imizu City
Hikiyama and Tsukiyama events of the Hojozu Hachimangu Festival
13 dashi and Tsukiyama festivities bring color to the port town, from flower-decorated floats by day to lantern-covered floats by night
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Ishikawa Prefecture・Hakui City, Nanao City
The Custom of Keta’s Cormorant Festival
A cormorant’s sign of the coming year’s harvest in Noto’s December
Fukui Prefecture・Fukui City
Itozaki Buddhist Dance
An elegant devotional dance handed down at Itozaki-ji Temple, featuring Buddhist masks and gagaku
Nagano Prefecture・Oshika Village
Oshika Kabuki
Local theater passed down on a stage preserved by the people of Oshika Village
Nagano Prefecture・Iiyama City
Kosuge Hashiramatsu Ritual
A festival in Iiyama where fire atop 2 Hashiramatsu foretells abundance and peace
Nagano Prefecture・Iida City
Toyama’s Shimotsuki Festival
A traditional kagura of Toyama Valley, where cauldrons of hot water and sacred masks carry the night onward
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
Yuki Matsuri
A Dengaku ritual in Anan Town, where the flames of a giant torch and masked dances continue until dawn
Nagano Prefecture・Anan Town
Wago no Nenbutsu Odori
A Bon dance passed down in Wago, where drums and nenbutsu bring the mountain village together
Shizuoka Prefecture・Gotemba City
Numata and Osaka Yudate Kagura
Yudate kagura passed down in Gotemba, where lions dance to purify the cauldron site