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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

Nishikicho 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 Bugaku," "Hanawa Bayashi," and "Kemonai Bon Odori"...

Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, is located in the northeastern part of Akita Prefecture and was once the home of the towns of Hanawa, Osarizawa, Towada, and Hachimantai.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.07.30

The Tozawa clan, who first ruled Kakunodate in Senboku, were victorious feudal lords who rose to become the lords of the Shinjo Domain...

Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, was formed in 2005 from the three towns and villages of Tazawako Town, Kakunodate Town, and Nishiki Village in Senboku District...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.07.15

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

Many folk performing arts and traditional events have been passed down in Akita Prefecture. One of these is the "Sasara Dance" (or "Sasara"), which has been passed down throughout the entire Akita prefecture, primarily in the Kitaakita region (Hon...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.22

[Akita's Sasara Dance: Part 1] The roots of "Sasara Dance"? A clue lies in "Lion Dance"...

Many folk performing arts and traditional events have been passed down in Akita Prefecture. One of these is the "Sasara Dance" (or "Sasara"), which has been passed down throughout the entire Akita prefecture, primarily in the Kitaakita region (Hon...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.20

Fire Prevention Tiger Dance

Fire Prevention Tiger Dance: A traditional performing art that conveys the wish to protect the town from strong winds and fires [Miyagi Prefecture]

"A tiger on a roof?" This surprising sight can be seen at the Hatsuuma Festival, held every year on April 29th in Kami Town, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture. The main attraction is a tiger dressed in yellow and black stripes, and...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.04

Hundred deer large group dance (16)

Photo report of the Hyakushika Daigun Dance (April 26, 2025: Hidaka Fire Prevention Festival) [Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture]

What is the Hyakushika Daigunbu? The Hyakushika Daigunbu is a major performance of the Shishiodori (deer dance), a folk performing art passed down mainly in the areas of the Date and Nanbu domains during the feudal era. It was first performed in 1985...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.03

deer dance

Date and Nanbu folk performing art "Shishiodori" | Sasara Hall closure project on-site report [Iwate Prefecture]

One day in March, while browsing X, I came across this post from the Kanazu-ryu Kamuishi Shishiodori Preservation Society. It's only two weeks away. It's the last chance to see the lion dance at Sasara Hall. t.coht...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.04.19

A report on the Hachinohe Enburi festival, one of Aomori's three major winter festivals...

Tohoku is home to a wide variety of festivals, including the summer Kanto Festival in Akita, the Hanagasa Festival in Yamagata, the Nebuta Festival in Aomori, the Sansa Dance Festival in Morioka, and the Tanabata Festival in Sendai.

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