🏮 Yamaage Matsuri

山あげ祭

Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi (Yakumo Shrine and Various Locations in Nasukarasuyama City) · Every year, 1–31 July (main festival period), with the main Yamaage performances on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the 4th week of July

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This is a votive event of the annual festival of Yagumo Shrine in Nasukarasuyama City, Tochigi Prefecture, known especially as a festival where kabuki is performed on temporary stages set up in the city area. A complete set of handmade mountain and stage apparatus — 7 meters wide, over 10 meters high, and 100 meters deep — is assembled, and performances such as shosagoto (kabuki) and kagura are offered as entertainment while parading through the town.

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The nearest station is Karasuyama Station on the JR Karasuyama Line. About a 10-minute walk.

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