Niigata Prefecture・Itoigawa City
Omi’s Take no Karakai
A Little New Year’s event dividing Omi into east and west, with wishes for a good harvest entrusted to bamboo
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Toyama Prefecture・Nanto City
Shimo-Nashi Gojunkō no Gi
A spring festival in Shimo-Nashi, with a mikoshi procession led by shishimai
Toyama Prefecture・Tateyama Town
Ashikuraji Oyama Shrine Mikoshi Procession
A summer festival where 2 mikoshi tour the village and shrine grounds before racing back at the end
Toyama Prefecture・Kurobe City
Nakajin no Nibu-nagashi
A summer event in Kurobe, where wishes are entrusted to wheat-straw boats and sent down the Maekawa River
Toyama Prefecture・Kurobe City
Ikuji Torch Festival
A distinctive Ikuji fire festival, rooted in a tale of safe return from the sea and gratitude for the sacred fire
Ishikawa Prefecture・Nanao City
Roppo Osuzumi Festival
A Roppo ritual that brings the glow of hoto and the mikoshi procession to the shrine approach at night
Ishikawa Prefecture・Nanao City
The Sagichō of Ōta Town
Tracing the Sagichō culture passed down in Ōta Town, Nanao City
Ishikawa Prefecture・Nakanoto Town
Noto-be Shrine’s Bakko Festival
A silent procession carrying the gods’ meeting and prayers for a bountiful harvest
Ishikawa Prefecture・Suzu City
Niwamatsuri
Suzu's folk culture, passed down at Hakusan Shrine in Shimizu-cho