Location: Higashiyuritateai, Yurihonjo City
Site(s) of performance: the residence of the principal administrator of the shrine and other places in the community
Date(s): August 13
Category: Shishimai and Bangaku
Shinden Shishimai (Shinden Lion Dance) is believed to have been a variant of the school of Honkai Shishimai. There was also a mochi-making dance that replicates the gestures of making rice cake by pounding steamed rice. Only the shishimai (lion dance) has been passed down to modern times; it was interrupted right after the Second World War but was revived in 1976.

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