Location: Osarizawa, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Kazuno Civic Center Date(s): May 14 and 15 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Furyū The Karame-Bushi Kanayama-Dance was originally a dance of prayer for the safety and development of the Osarizawa Mine (one of the major mines in the area, which has been in operation since …
Location: Yuze, Hachimantai, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Shinmei Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): July 16 (the day of the shrine’s annual festival) Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Furyū The Sakibarai Dance is a kind of exorcism dance that is performed before the departure of a mikoshi (a religious palanquin …
Location: Ōyanai, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Chi Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): days around August 16 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku The Chi Shrine, the sacred guardian of the community, shelters the lion head that is used for this shishimai (lion dance). It is even worshiped as one of deities of the …
Location: Higashiyuritateai, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: the residence of the principal administrator of the shrine and other places in the community Date(s): August 13 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku Shinden Shishimai (Shinden Lion Dance) is believed to have been a variant of the school of Honkai Shishimai. There was also a mochi-making dance that replicates …
Location: Iwayamachi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Iwaya Niiyama Shrine, Chōkokuji Temple, and other places in the community Date(s): January 3 and 4, May 4 and 5, and August, 14, 15, and 22 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku Legend holds that, in the olden days, the lion head of an old family in Motodate District (in …
Location: Kemanai, Towada, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Gassan Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): July 12 and 13 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi This is a yatai float music, played at the annual festival of Gassan Shrine. On the day before the main festival, the music is played as an offering at the …
Location: Kemanai, Towada, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Various places in the community Date(s): August 21–23 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Kemanai Ōdaiko (Kemanai Big Drums) has been played at the Bon dance of Kemanai, which suggests that it developed as music for the Bon dance. The drum is a large barrel-shaped drum with a diameter …
Location: Oyu, Towada, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: In the district of the community that is in charge of the festival for the year Date(s): 2nd Sunday of September Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Ōyu Bayashi is played at the annual festival of Ōyu Shinmei Shrine as an offering for the god of the autumn market, …