Head to the sea and the mountains, the very
places where you feel in union with nature.
5/19-21
It is a festival of the Hie shrine in Sakata City, which was formerly called Sanno Matsuri. It features the parade of floats and big Shishi-gashira masks.
Sakata City, Tourism and Local Products Division
0234-26-5759
5/25
"Bakemono "who cover their faces with a braided hat and a facecloth give sake to passers-by. It is also known as "Bakemono Matsuri."
Tsuruoka City, Tourism and Local Products Division
0235-25-2111
12/31
This festival is held every New Year's Eve at the Dewa Sanzan shrine. It is one of the three biggest fire festivals in Japan.
Tsuruoka City, Haguro Branch
0235-62-2111
（Sakata city, Turuoka Akagawa）
The two major fireworks exhibitions enlighten the summer night in Shonai.
Sakata City, Tourism and Local Products Division
0234-26-5759
Tsuruoka City, Juniour Chamber international Turuoka
0235-64-0701
This 500-year-old Noh play is performed as part of Shinto religious ceremonies at the Kasuga shrine in Kushibiki of Tsuruoka City. It has been registered as a significant intangible folk cultural asset.
Tsuruoka City, Kushibiki Buranch
0235-25-2111
This Bangaku religious dance has been inherited and performed at the Kumano shrine by villagers of Sugisawa of Yuza Town. It has been registered as a significant intangible folk cultural asset.
Yuza Town Board of Education
0234-72-5892
This Kabuki performance is played in the snow in Kuromori of Sakata City. It is one of the most large-scaled local Kabuki performances in Japan with as many as 500 programs.
Sakata City, Culture Division
0234-26-5777