Yagibushi

The Yagibushi (Japanese: 八木節, meaning song of yagi [1]) is a popular folk song and dance performed at matsuri (and occasionally Undokai sports days) in Gunma and Tochigi, Japan.

It consists of dancers with broad hats called kasa going in a counter clockwise circle around a mikoshi.

The "Yagi" (八木, literally "eight trees") came from Yagi-shuku [ja], one of the post stations on the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō Road, and is not to be confused with the "yagi" (山羊, goat).

[3][4] It was later arranged and spread along the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō Road by craftmen and traveling entertainers such as Goze.

Eventually one around Yagi-shuku became the most popular, where Watanabe and others developed today's form.