Autumn Palace Hot Spring Village Kadaru Snow Festival

A venerable Yuzawa area folk event that lasts a long time, as long as about 400 years. "Inukko Shrine", "Odou" and "Inukko" made of snow are lined up in the venue. This cute dog snow statue is a great shooting spot. On the second day, various events are held, such as the "Dog Prayer Festival" for the longevity and health of the pet dog. Image courtesy of Yuzawa City Tourism Industry Association

A total procession of several hundred people with the formality of the Satake Minami family of the Akita clan, which is dedicated to the Atago Shrine festival. During the Atago Shrine festival, the Kamitari procession has been held since ancient times, and the Daimyō procession by the townspeople began to be performed together since the end of the Edo period. In the past, the festival was fisted on July 23-25 of the lunar calendar, and the procession was said to have been constituted by the same-year-old town by the band-band system of the outer town of five towns. He stiffens himself in a gorgeous appearance as it was in the past, followed by a bow holder and a falconer master on the horse's palace, and he works around the city while showing his servant bending down and dancing with a unique work.

Each house has a Tanabata ornament with five-colored strips and a snowflake on the green bamboo, and hundreds of large and a dozen large, large and small, with ukiyo-e and beauty paintings on the main streets of the city are hung, and at night the picture is lit and fantastic.