Kakunodate-matsuri

Kakunodate-matsuri (角館祭り) 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.

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