AomoriArt & CraftsAomori
Aomori Nebuta
Figure lanterns five metres high move through the streets to shouts of "rassera".
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IwateArt & CraftsMorioka
Sansa Odori
It holds the world record for the number of Japanese drums played at once.
IwateArt & CraftsTakizawa
Chagu Chagu Umakko
Horses in full harness walk to the sound of bells. A festival of Nanbu horse country.
MiyagiArt & Crafts
MiyagiArt & CraftsSendai
Sendai Tanabata Festival
Lavish bamboo decorations fill central Sendai, and streamers turn the streets into a sea of colour.
AkitaArt & CraftsAkita
Akita Kanto Festival
Akita City's summer festival, about 270 years old. Bamboo poles hung with lanterns are balanced on forehead and hip as bearers move through the streets.
FukushimaArt & CraftsMinamisoma
Soma Nomaoi
Five hundred mounted warriors in full armour. It is said to have run for a thousand years.
TochigiArt & CraftsKanuma
Kanuma Buttsuke
Carved floats face one another and compete in music, in a contest called buttsuke.
SaitamaArt & CraftsChichibu
Chichibu Yomatsuri
Held on 2 and 3 December. Included in the UNESCO listing of float festivals.
Tateyama
Nunobashi Kanjoe
A rite in which women crossed a cloth bridge blindfolded, in place of the climb they were barred from. Salvation without the ascent.
IshikawaArt & CraftsNoto
Noto Kiriko
Huge votive lanterns move through the town at night. Recognised as Japan Heritage.
IshikawaArt & Crafts
YamanashiArt & CraftsKofu
Koshu Inden
Lacquer patterns laid onto deerskin. A technique from armour, turned to accessories.
GifuArt & CraftsGifu
Nagaragawa Ukai
A fishing method of 1,300 years. The masters hold office under the Imperial Household Agency.
GifuArt & CraftsSeki
Seki Cutlery
Swordsmithing since the Kamakura period. Today a world centre for kitchen knives and scissors.
ShigaArt & CraftsNagahama
Kurokabe Square
Built around a black-plastered former bank, the district was reborn as a town of glass.
ShigaArt & CraftsKoka
Miho Museum
Designed by I. M. Pei. It appears at the far end of a tunnel and a suspension bridge.
OsakaArt & CraftsKishiwada
Kishiwada Danjiri
Four-tonne floats take the corners at full speed in the yarimawashi.
HyogoArt & CraftsMinamiawaji
Awaji Ningyo
It was performed at shrine festivals, and is one of the sources of bunraku.
TottoriArt & CraftsTottori
Sand Museum
The only museum in the world devoted to sand sculpture. It is rebuilt to a new theme each year.
TottoriArt & CraftsSakaiminato
Mizuki Shigeru Road
One hundred and seventy-seven bronze yokai. They brought a shuttered high street back to life.
ShimaneArt & CraftsHamada
Iwami Kagura
Known for its Yamata-no-Orochi piece. A local performing art danced through the night.
OkayamaArt & CraftsKurashiki
Ohara Museum
The first museum of Western art in Japan. It holds El Greco's Annunciation.
TokushimaArt & Crafts