White Waterfall Shrine Annual Festival (Kamikoshi Waterfall Bathers)

The festival of fire-ups (in-fire festival). After performing the festival of the fire festival at Ogita Shinmeisha, the fire-fighting group (fire team member) with a shunning staff at the head of each house in the town to exorcise while honking drums and hoshellfish, and then putting water on the roof to pray for no fire.

One of the events of the Tōko Yasaka Shrine festival; the miso stuffed in two tubs is buried about 3m underground at the Tōmi-sō burial site; the bean flour rice balls are served to the participants; and the year-long festivals are officiated by the digree.

Yokote's "Kamakura" has a history of more than 450 years and is a poetic folk event to be held during the New Year. It pierces the snow mountain to create a snow room, enshrines the water god in the back, and offers sacred sake, sweet sake, and rice cakes. About 60 large kamakura and countless mini kamakura lights light up during the period to color the town. Image courtesy Yokote Tourism Association