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Kakunodate no Matsuri (角館祭り)

In this remarkably preserved samurai village, eighteen hikiyama kabuki floats weighing several tonnes are hauled through cherry-lined streets and deliberately rammed into one another at crossroads in the centuries-old buttsuke collision ritual.

7 Sept to 9 Sept 2026 · Annual, 7-9 September
Kakunodate, Tohoku, Japan
Free
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