Nagano Prefecture・Matsumoto City
Yokosawa no Onbashira and Sūsu
A New Year tradition of five-colored Onbashira surrounding Dosojin, accompanied by children’s chants
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Nagano Prefecture・Ikeda Town
Ikeda Hachiman Shrine Festival
A traditional grand festival with 8 floats and 2 boats bringing color to Ikeda
Nagano Prefecture・Ikusaka Village
The Stage-Pulling Festival of Aisuwasha and Shinmeisha
A traditional event linking the shrine and stage, handed down in Uruga, Ikusaka Village
Nagano Prefecture・Chikuhoku Village
Aoyagi Ribō Inari Dashi-entry Procession Event
An Inari festival where the Fox Wedding procession makes its way up the Aoyagi slope
Nagano Prefecture・Minowa Town
Minamiogawachi no Osanyari
A traditional event in which a large boat carries misfortune through Minamiogawachi
Nagano Prefecture・Suwa City
The Owatari Ritual
The path of the gods and the prayers of the community, etched into the ice of Lake Suwa
Nagano Prefecture・Nagano City
Higashiyokota Mushiokuri Event
Higashiyokota’s summer event: sending off pests and entrusting them to fire and river
Nagano Prefecture・Nagano City
Saikawa Shrine’s Mori Enka
Fireworks offerings in Amori, where skills passed down from Edo adorn the sacred grove
Nagano Prefecture・Nagano City
The Onda Festival, Kodama Stone Ritual, and Gohan Ritual at Tamayorihime-no-Mikoto Shrine
An ancient rite at Tamayorihime-no-Mikoto Shrine in Matsushiro, where the New Year’s harvest is divined