Location: Tashiro, Futatsui-machi, Noshiro City Site(s) of performance: Various places in the community Date(s): August 13 and 1st Sunday of September Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Furyū Tashiro Bon Dance is performed twice, at Obon (mid-August) and in early September. Until the early 20th century, four communities (Takayashi, Mukaeda, Hachibei, and Shichimura) practiced …
Location: Hataya, Minehama, Happo Town Site(s) of performance: Chōsenji Temple, the cemetery, and other places in the community Date(s): August 16 Category: Furyū The yakko dance (samurai servants’ dance) is practiced at Hataya. This yakko dance is said to have been brought here originally from Dōji (Noshiro City), but later the yakko dance of Mizusawa …
Location: Shita-Kawara, Kosaka, Kosaka City Site(s) of performance: Kawakami Location Center Date(s): August 16 Category: Bon Dance The Bon dance was brought here around 1657 from Miyako in the former Nanbu Domain (present-day Iwate Prefecture). It is danced to see off departing spirits. Dancers dance around a scaffold or a bonfire. The drum music of …
Location: Kosaka, Kosaka Town Site(s) of performance: Various places in the community Date(s): August 6 and 7 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi The origin of the Kosaka-Tanabata Festival is traced back to when the miners at Kosaka Mine from the Hirosaki area started to replicate the Nebuta Festival in their hometowns on Tanabata days (the days …
Location: Tobune, Futatsui Dance Site(s) of performance: Atago Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): July 24 Category: Furyū This is one of the dance performances offered at the annual festival of Atago Shrine. It is also a street dance that goes through the town. What is characteristic of this street dance is that …
Location: Shita-Kawara, Kosaka, Kosaka Town Site(s) of performance: Kawakami Location Center Date(s): August 16 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Taiko Bayashi (drum music) is often played for Bon dance at Bon festivals, but it is practiced here as Dai-no-saka music. The Kawakami District comprises four communities, namely Noguchi, Nigorikawa, Yoromai, and Sunakozawa, which cooperate to deliver …
Location: Hanawa, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: In districts of the city, the open space in front of Kazuno-Hanawa Train Station, and Inamura Bridge Date(s): August 7 and 8 Category: Furyū Hanawa Neputa is a kind of Tanabata Festival of the Neburi-Nagashi type, which means ‘to wash away evil spirits.’ At Hanawa, large pentagonal lanterns …
Location: Kosawada, Kami-Koani Village Site(s) of performance: The open space in front of Kosawada Bridge Date(s): August 13 Category: Sasara and Horse Dance This festival used to be called the Kosawada Lion Dance, but it is now called the Kosawada Horse Dance. That is because they have lost the dance of lions and retained only …
Location: Hanawa, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Shibahira Location Activity Center Date(s): August 16 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi After the Bon dances at the individual communities of the Hiramoto District are over, Hiramoto Ōdaiko (Hiramoto Big Drums) is performed on August 16. It is performed by the youth of the Hiramoto District. The origin is …
Location: Hanawa, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Various places in the community Date(s): August 19 and 20Designations: State-Designated Important Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property; UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Hanawa Bayashi (Hanawa Music) is offered at the annual festival of Sakiwai-Inari …