Usu-Daiko Dance of Kuma Region (Oniki)

Hitoyoshi City

Onigi-machi

Furyu (Mortar Drum Dance)

Usu-Daiko Dance (Nanachi) in the Kuma region

Hitoyoshi City

Shichichi-machi

Furyu (Mortar Drum Dance)

Hitoyoshi City Bo-Odori (Stick/Staff Dance) (Otsuka)

Hitoyoshi City

Ootsuka-machi

Furyu (Stick/Staff Dance)

Hitoyoshi Tano Tawara-Odoori (Bale Dance)

Hitoyoshi City

Tano-machi

Furyu (Rice-Bale Dance)

Hitoyoshi Tano’s Shakujou Dance

Hitoyoshi City

Tano-machi

Furyu (Stick Dance)

How to play Unsung Karuta

Hitoyoshi City

Hitoyoshi City

Entertainment / Competition

Tora Odori (tiger dance) in Inokuchi-machi

Hitoyoshi City

Inokuchi-machi

Lion Dance / Tiger Dance / Bull Dance (Tiger Dance)

Thirty-three Kannon Pilgrimage

Hitoyoshi City

Hitoyoshi City

Rites and Festivals (folk belief)

Kuma Kagura (Sagara Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Aoi Aso Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Itsuki Aso Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Menda Hachimangu Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Youra Aso Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Taragi Sugawara Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Suesuwa Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Satsumaze Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Yaguro Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Okaharu Kirishima Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Fukada Aso Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Iwano Kirishima Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Uemura Shiraga Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Yamada Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Kume Kumano za Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Inokuchi Hachimangu Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Wakamiya Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Okadome Kumanoza Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Kurohiji Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Isshou chi Aso Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Tsukiji Kumano za Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura

Kuma Kagura (Mae Aso Shrine)

Hitoyoshi City

Kami Aoi machi

Kagura