Matsuri of This Month

Ikeda Oiwake (June 9 and middle of August)
[Fukui Pref] Inari, Ikeda, Imadate District, Fukui PrefectureOiwake in Ikeda Town is the dance to pra…

Shoraibune Okuri (15.Aug)
[Fukui Pref] Sugahama, Mihama, Mikata District, Fukui Prefecture Sugahama SeashoreThis is a Bon event held in Sugahama in …
Ogase (August 14-15)
[Fukui Pref] Fukutani, Oi Cho, Fukui Prefecture Atagojinja, IzawajinjaThe festival in Fukutani village feature…
Funayose Odori (15.Aug)
[Fukui Pref] Maruokacho Funayose, Sakai City In front of Hakusanjinja, Old Hokuriku RoadThis is a group dance in which everyone …
Okuribon in Amasaka (20.Aug)
[Fukui Pref] Amasaka, Wakasa Cho, Fukui PrefectureOkuribon means to send spirits off on th…
Bon Odori in Ueno (15.Aug)
[Fukui Pref] Ueno, Minamiechizen Cho, Fukui Prefecture EisenjiThis is a group dance in which everyone …

Awa Odori (August 12-15)
[Tokushima Pref] Many places in Tokushima CityThe Awa Odori(dance) is a world famous e…
Danshichi Odori (August 14)
[Wakayama Pref] Nishikumano JinjaThis is a Bon dance performed by three p…
Ina Odori in Shiotsu (August 15)
[Wakayama Pref] Shimotsucho Shiotsu, Kainan City, Sogawa ShrineIna is a fish called mullet. Ina Odori i…
Devil’s dance in Shiide (August 16)
[Wakayama Pref] ItsukushimajinjaThis is a Shinto ritual to pray for an a…