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Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties (Japan)

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Gion Matsuri
festival in Kyoto city, Japan
Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival
festival in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Dainichido Bugaku
yearly set of nine sacred ritual dances and music
Karatsu Kunchi
festival in Japan
Akiu no Taue Odori
traditional rice-planting dance in Akiu, Miyagi
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri
Japanese summer festival
Hachinohe Sansha Taisai
festival of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Hitachi Fūryūmono
Japanese festival with puppets
Ōsaki Hachimangū
Shinto shrine in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Kibitsu Shrine
Shinto shrine in Kibitsu, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
Mibu no Hana Taue
Rice transplanting ritual in Hiroshima, Japan
Akita Kantō
Japanese festival celebrated from 3–7 August in Akita, Japan
Tobata Gion Festival
Annual festival in Kyushu, Japan
Kawagoe Hikawa Festival
Japanese traditional dance
Mibu-dera Temple
is a Buddhist temple in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto. In the Middle Ages, the temple revived a performance created by the Yuzu Nembutsu monk Engaku known as the Dai Nembutsu Kyōgen. It is also known for having been affiliated with the Shinsengumi. The temple has taken on several other names such "Jizō-in (地蔵院)", "Hōdōsanmai-in (宝幢三昧寺)", and "Shinjōkō-in (心浄光院)."
Sada Shrine
Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Tsuchizaki Shinmei Shrine Festival
Kakunodate Festival
thumb|right|300px|Floats colliding at the Kakunodate-matsuri, September 2008 is a Japanese festival celebrated from 7 to 9 September in Kakunodate, Akita. Its rites centre on Shinmei-sha shrine. As well as a procession and traditional dances, it is celebrated for the oyamabayashi in which the floats collide into each other. It has a 350-year history, and in 1991 was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Owari Tsushima Tennō Festival
annual festival in Tsushima, Aichi, Japan
cormorant fishing on the Nagara River
Nangū Taisha
Shinto shrine in Tarui, Fuwa district, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Ishidori Matsuri
festival in Kuwana, Mie, Japan
Izawa-no-miya
is a Shinto shrine in the Kaminogō neighborhood of Isobe in the city of Shima in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Shima Province. Together with the in Taiki, it is one of the , or external branches of the Inner Shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine.
Okuni Shrine (Mori)
Shinto shrine in Mori, Shūchi district, Shizoka prefecture, Japan
Kibitsuhiko Shrine
Shinto shrine in Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
Gujō Odori
Japanese festival