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Ogatsu Hoin Kagura (Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) - Rekimin Autumn Festival 2025

Sendai City Museum of History and Folklore | Rekimin Autumn Festival 2025 Photo Report (October 25, 2025)...

The Sendai City Museum of History and Folklore's Autumn Festival, celebrating its 18th anniversary this year, will be held on October 25, 2025, at Tsutsumioka Park in central Sendai City.

AoiwaAoiwa2025.11.02

Sawame Lion Dance (Morioka City)

Sakurayama Shrine | Photo report of the joint local performing arts dedication (October 12, 2025) [Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture]

A joint dedication of local performing arts by four groups held in the center of Morioka City. This is a scene from a joint dedication of local performing arts held at Sakurayama Shrine in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture on October 12, 2025. A total of four performing groups...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.10.25

Nishikimachi Toramai (Kamaishi City)

Sanriku performing arts come together! Sanriku International Arts Festival 2025 "Kazumasu" photo report [...

What is the Sanriku International Arts Festival? The Sanriku International Arts Festival was launched in 2014 in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake. It highlights the various local performing arts of the Sanriku coastal region and also features performing arts and artists from around the world.

AoiwaAoiwa2025.10.19

Three UNESCO cultural heritage sites: Dainichido Buraku, Hanawabayashi, and Bon Odori in the Kema-ma-in...

Kakunodate City, Akita Prefecture is located in the northeastern part of Akita Prefecture, and is at the time Hanawamachi, Oirase Town, Towada Town, and Hachimantai Village...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.07.30

The Tozawa clan, which first owned the Senboku Kakunodate, was the winner of the daimyo who rose to the lord of the Shinjo domain...

Senbokushi, Akita Prefecture, was held in 2005 (Heisei 17) in three towns and villages: Tazawako Town, Senboku District, formerly Kakunodate Town, and formerly Nishiki Village, Senboku District.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.07.15

[Akita's Sasara Dance: Part 2] The Sasara Dance also comforted the disappointing Lord Satake...

Many folk performing arts and traditional events have been handed down in Akita Prefecture. "Sasara Dance" (or "Sasara") is one of them, and has been handed down throughout Akita, mainly in the Kitaakita region (the book...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.22

[Akita's Sasara Dance: Part 1] The roots of "Sasara Dance"? The hint is "Lion Dance"...

Many folk performing arts and traditional events have been handed down in Akita Prefecture. "Sasara Dance" (or "Sasara") is one of them, and has been handed down throughout Akita, mainly in the Kitaakita region (the book...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.20

Firebird Dance

Tiger Dance of Fires | Traditional performing arts with the wish to protect the town from strong winds and fires [Miyagi Prefecture]

"A tiger on the roof?" You can see this amazing sight at the Hatsugo Festival, which is held every April 29th in Kami Town, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture. The main character is a tiger dressed in yellow and black stripes, and...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.04

Hyakudou Group Dance (16)

Hyakujiu Group Dance Photo Report (2025.04.26: Hidaka Fire Prevention Festival) [Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture]

What is the Hyakujiu Horse Group Dance? "Hyakushika Daigunbu" is a major performance of Shishiodori, a folk performance that was passed down mainly in the Date Domain and Nanbu Domain during the feudal government, and was a part of the 1985 J...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.03

deer dance

Date and the Southern folk entertainment "Shika Dance" | Local report on Sasara Hall's closure project [Iwate Prefecture]

One day in March, while watching X, I discovered a post from the Kanazu-ryu Pumice Shishiryu Preservation Society. It's finally coming in two weeks. This is the last opportunity for the lion to dance at Sasara Hall. t.coht...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.04.19

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