Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
The Circulating Jizo of the Tamaoki Estate
Jizo visits seven settlements, bringing prayers into everyday life
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Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Ta no Kami Festival and Children’s Mikoshi
A festival of children’s mikoshi and calls in Wakasa, celebrating the end of rice planting
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Gion Festival (Wakasa Town)
The town-designated Gion Festival, passed down in Hikasa, Wakasa Town
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Miko New Year Ritual
A New Year ritual in Miko, with messages from crows and wishes entrusted to the bow
Fukui Prefecture・Wakasa Town
Shikimi Jinja Reisai Ritual
A distinctive reisai in Wakasa, where a gohei is pounded as part of a tradition passed down at the guardian shrine
Yamanashi Prefecture・Hokuto City
Shimokuraishi Shishimai and Dosojin Festival
The Onna-shishi Dance and the Little New Year in Hakushu, watched over by Dosojin
Yamanashi Prefecture・Nambu Town
The Yutate ritual at Manzawa Asama Shrine
A traditional event in Manzawa, Nambu Town, entrusting wishes to the water sprinkled with bamboo leaves
Yamanashi Prefecture・Nambu Town
Manzawa Sengen Jinja Summer Grand Festival
The summer reisai of Sengen Jinja, carried on in Manzawa, Nambu Town
Nagano Prefecture・Ueda City
Isshin Shrine Festival
The prayers of Isshin, passed down through barefoot fire-walking and blade-walking