Location: Taninai, Hachimantai, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: various places in the community Date(s): 1st Saturday of August Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri Bayashi At Taninai, drum music is performed for the Tanabata Festival. Large pentagonal lanterns are lit on the yatai floats and taken around the community. This is a Neburi-Nagashi-type of ritual, which means …
Location: Nishikigi, Towada, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Inari Shrine Date(s): August 7 and 14 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi This is an ōdaiko (big drum) performance presented at the Suzukizuka Festival and Obon Festival. The drummer holds a big drum with a strap and beats it with a stick in each hand. Usually an assistant …
Nishikigi-Furukawa Ōdaiko (Nishikigi-Furukawa Big Drums) Read More »
Location: Fukumezawa, Oga City Site(s) of performance: The cemetery and other places in the community Date(s): August 16 Designation: Prefecture-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Taiko bayashi (drum music) is played at the Bon rituals of Fukumezawa. This Bon ritual was practiced already in the 17th century. The Bon festival is held …
Location: Araya-Manya, Kosaka Town Site(s) of performance: Manyōji Temple, the open space in front of Kazuno-Hanawa Train Station, and the open space in front of the former Sekizen Liquor Shop Date(s): August 15 and 20 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi This is a performance of big drums at Manya in the southern part of Kosaka Town. …
Location: Funakoshi (Oga City) and Tenno (Katagami City) Site(s) of performance: Toko-Yasaka Shrine Date(s): July 6 and 7 Designation: Designation: State-Designated Important Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property (Tōko-Yasaka Shrine’s Tonin Festival) Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi This is one of the drum music performances practiced at the annual festival of Tōko-Yasaka Shrine. The parishioners of the shrine …
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: 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: 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 …
Location: Osarizawa, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Yama Shrine, Entsūji Temple, and other places in the community Date(s): August 13 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi The Ōnaori Ōdaiko (Onaori Big Drums) festival is said to have been started by the samurais who returned from the Summer Campaign of Osaka in 1615. For this reason, it is …