Miyagi Prefecture・Kakuda City
Kanazu Tanabata Event
A children’s Tanabata event, with lanterns and chanting winding through Kanazu at night
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Miyagi Prefecture・Sendai
Kawamae Shishi-odori and Kawamae Kenbu
A folk performing art passed down in Kawamae, where shishi-odori and kenbu come together
Akita Prefecture・Yokote City
Arasuke-numa-iri Bonten Observance
An old-style pond-entry observance in Arasuke, with a bonten dedicated at Benten-numa
Akita Prefecture・Nikaho City
Kisakata Bon Hut Ceremony
A summer tradition in Kisakata: welcoming and sending off ancestors with seaside Bon huts and fire
Akita Prefecture・Yurihonjo City, Nikaho City
Lion Dance Bangaku of the Northern Foothills of Mount Chokai
Bangaku passed down in a region where faith in Mount Chokai and lion dances thrive
Fukushima Prefecture・Nihonmatsu City
Kohama Nagori Three-Lion Dance
Nihonmatsu’s three-lion dance, alive with the styles and music of three hamlets
Fukushima Prefecture・Nishigo Village
Kamihabuto Tendo Nenbutsu Odori
A traditional Kamihabuto performing art that prays for a good harvest and dances to Buddhist invocations and drums
Fukushima Prefecture・Iwaki City
Goho-den Dengaku and Lion Dances
A Festival in Iwaki Alive with Dueling Hoko, Dengaku, and Four Lion Dances
Fukushima Prefecture・Shirakawa City
Sekibe no Sanjimosa Odori
A local performing art of Sekibe, passed down through fans and taiko as a prayer to the sun