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Known as the god who controls the water or the god of the marriage, the festival of the Takafune Shrine, where the Izumi Shikibu participated and the historical facts that have been restored remain. It is the biggest festival of the year in honor of God. In the main shrine, a Shinto ritual is held at eleven o'clock, and in the afternoon, Mikami-koshi cruises the town. * The contents may be changed or canceled depending on the situation.

"Ise Shrimp Festival" is the largest festival in Ise-Shima, which wishes for the good of the sea, good fishing and safety. It opens with a ceremony wishing for local prosperity. At dusk, light tones spread to towns by the sea, the "Jiakopu Odori" parade to dance to "Ise Ebi Mikoko" and the giant "Ise Ebi Mikoshi" also appeared. In the finale, the audience also dances and dances. Eventually, fireworks were launched, and the festival night was gorgeously colored, and the feast was sent to the sound of "Narako".

The annual festival of the Hinomiko Shrine, which enshrines the god of firework. In addition to the five-year-old fertility and thunder-protection, it is a good harvest in the year when there is more thunder, but there is also more harm from thunder. Image courtesy: Kitano Amanomiya

Tsugaike Nature Garden at an altitude of 1900m, which is carried by a gondola and a ropeway. From early to late June, a large community of water-bashou is spread against the backdrop of the Shirama Sanzan. A promenade of about 5.5km around it, so you can feel free to trek.

Kusatsu Onsen has a custom called "Ie-muro no noise"; to hold a walking event where you can walk with a specialist guide through the Ie Valley course, where there is a place to ice-foraging "Ie-muro" for that "Ie-muro no noise".

A ritual is held at the Kunimi Onsen mountaineering entrance by praying for safety during the season. In addition, we plan to hold a memorial climb and a mountaintop celebration. * The contents may be changed or canceled depending on the situation. Image provided:(C) Shizukuishi-cho

One of the three mountains of Dewa, the mountain opening of Yūtengsan; a festival to pray for the safety of worshipers and for the safety of the people, such as their internal security and physical firmness.

A popular event where both adults and children are obsessed with picking up scallops scattered on the coast of Oshima.

There is a 24m high and 74m surrounding boulders at the top of the mountain inside the state-owned protected forest, in the Hayaseno district of Ōkicho. It is called a stone tower, and there is a proverb in the Tsugaru region that says, "Don't look at the stone tower, don't say big things." based on this legend, we have been climbing stone towers and climbing the hora blowing tournament with hora blowing pride from inside and outside the prefecture. * Due to heavy rainfall in July 2022, a large-scale landslide occurred on the road leading from Oikori-cho to the stone tower. Only implementation. Image courtesy of Ookucho

The "Iris Festival" is held to coincide with the beginning of around 100,000 Edo irises of about one hundred species in Kyushu. From 11 o'clock on May 31, the "Edo Iris Hatakari Shrine" will be performed, in which the priestess gracefully performs the dance, with the irises cut by the priest in a white costume. Image courtesy Miyaji Takato Shrine