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Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival
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Sunari Festival
festival in Kanie town, Aichi prefecture, Japan
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Kibune Matsuri
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Ubagami Daijingū Togyosai
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Mumyōi ware
type of Japanese pottery
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Kemanai no Bon-odori
Bon dance held in Towada Kemauchi, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture
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Bunraku
form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre
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Ayashi no Taue Odori
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Fukumi Shimura
Japanese textile artist
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Kumano Hayatama Matsuri
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Takayama Festival
Japanese festival
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Johana Hikiyama Festival
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Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan
festivals in Japan
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Mie no Shishimai
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Hirosaki Neputa
summer festival in Hirosaki, Japan
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nōgaku
classical Japanese musical drama. "Nohgaku" conclude Noh, Kyōgen and etc.
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Uozu Tatemon Festival
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cormorant fishing on the Nagara River
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Owari Tsushima Tennō Festival
annual festival in Tsushima, Aichi, Japan
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Tsugaru-nuri
Japanese Lacquerware
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Tsuchizaki Shinmei Shrine Festival
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Yoshida Fire Festival
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Tobata Gion Festival
Annual festival in Kyushu, Japan
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Chiryū Festival
festival in Chiryu city, Aichi prefecture, Japan
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Sōma Nomaoi
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Tenzushi-mai dance
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Kagura
a specific type of Shinto theatrical dance
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Otaue Shinto Service
Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi, Japan
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Namahage
Japanese folklore character associated with new year's ritual
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Yūki-tsumugi
Japanese silk fabric production tradition and intangible cultural heritage
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Shinjō Matsuri
Japanese festival
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Shino ware
Japanese pottery
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Akiu no Taue Odori
traditional rice-planting dance in Akiu, Miyagi
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Koishiwara ware
type of Japanese pottery
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Ojiya-chijimi
Hemp woven in Niigata, Japan
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Ojiya-chijimi and Echigo-jofu
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Oshiraishimochi
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Devil's Sword Dance
type of dance
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Onta ware
type of Japanese pottery
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Oku-noto no Aenokoto
agricultural ritual held in Oku-Noto area, Ishikawa, Japan
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okra soup
soup made from the green seed pods of the okra plant
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Noto Kiriko Matsuri
festivals in Noto peninsula, Japan
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Noshiro Shunkei
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Echigo-jofu
fabric of Echigo, Japan
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Nishimonai no Bon-odori
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Okina-mai of Naratsuhiko-jinja
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Nakamura Shikan VII
Kabuki actor (1928-2011)
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Mushono-Dainembutsu dance
type of dance
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Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri Festival
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kabuki
classical Japanese dance-drama
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Paantu
Japanese annual festival
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Bandō Mitsugorō VII
Japanese kabuki actor
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Mishima's Kasedori Festival
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Mikawa manzai
dance in Japan
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Mibu no Hana Taue
Rice transplanting ritual in Hiroshima, Japan
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Mibu Kyōgen
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Mendon
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Hakata Matsubayashi
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Boze
annual event
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Toshidon
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Ogisai Kurokawa Noh
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Kujirabune Festival
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Kokura Gion Daiko
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Kawagoe Hikawa Festival
Japanese traditional dance
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Kanuma lmamiya Shrine Festival
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Kamezaki Shiohi Festival
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Kakunodate Festival
Japanese festival
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Najio-ganpishi
type of washi
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Nagasaki Kunchi
festival in Nagasaki, Japan
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Isobe no Omita
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Ishidori Matsuri
festival in Kuwana, Mie, Japan
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Inuyama Festival
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Ueno Tenjin Festival
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Karatsu Kunchi
festival in Japan
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Tokuyama Bon Odori
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Hanawa Bayashi
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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival
festival in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
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Hagi ware
type of Japanese pottery
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Saidai-ji Eyō
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Hachinohe Sansha Taisai
festival of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
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Enburi
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Gujō Odori
Japanese festival
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Hita Gion Festival
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Gion Matsuri
festival in Kyoto city, Japan
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Kyoto Gion Festival Yamahoko Parade
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Gero Ta-no-Kami Festival
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Kakiemon
Japanese porcelain, potters family and decoration style
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gagaku
Japanese music genre
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Hitachi Fūryūmono
Japanese festival with puppets
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Bizen ware
type of Japanese pottery
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Ryukyuan dance
type of dance
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Dainichido Bugaku
yearly set of nine sacred ritual dances and music
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Chichibu Night Festival
Chichibu Shrine's annual festival celebrated on the nights of December 1-6
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Chagu Chagu Umakko
horse festival in Morioka, Japon
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ushi no tsunotsuki
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Japanese cuisine
culinary traditions of Japan
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bingata
Okinawan traditional resist dyed cloth, made using stencils and other methods
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furyū-odori
Japanese ritual dance
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Aomori Nebuta Matsuri
Japanese summer festival
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Anori puppet theater
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Akita Kantō
Japanese festival celebrated from 3–7 August in Akita, Japan
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traditional Ainu dance
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Otō Matsuri
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Yamaage Matsuri
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yukar
genre of Ainu oral literature
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Ōgi Matsuri
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Gidayūbushi
music genre
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Kumejima-tsumugi
silk cloth from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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Kōwakamai
type of dance
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Amamehagi
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Yasurai Matsuri
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Amahage
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Chakkirako
type of dance
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Kurume kasuri
Japanese textile produced in Kurume City
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Sekisui Itō
Japanese ceramist
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Sawara Float Festival
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Sado puppetry
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Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo
Japanese puppet theater company
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Toga Hatsuuma Festival
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Akihiro Maeta
Japanese ceramic artist (born 1954)
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Hajime Katō
Japanese potter (1900–1968)
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Suneka of Yoshihama
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Aki no Hayashida
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Miyako jofu
ikat-dyed ramie cloth from Miyakojima, Okinawa
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Owari manzai
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Hirose-gasuri
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Hayachine Kagura
type of dance
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Sayoko Eri
Japanese artist (1945–2007)
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Kawaguchi no Chigomai
type of dance
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Takinomiya Nenbutsu Odori
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Ritual Bonito Fishing
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Takengei
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Awano Shunkei
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Shōju Raigō Neri-Kuyō Eshiki
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Shōryō-e Bugaku
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Kijoka-bashōfu
plaintain cloth produced on islands among the Ryukyuan archipelago
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Echizen manzai
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Nachi no Dengaku
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Osamu Suzuki
Japanese potter and ceramist
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Nagahama Hikiyama Festival
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Daimokutate
recitation show in Yahashira Shrine in Kami-fukawa
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Hida Shunkei
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yūri-kinsai
gold leaf-application technique used in Japanese pottery and porcelain
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Shiraishi odori
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Sada Shin Noh
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Okuma Kabuto Festival
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Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes
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wooden architecture in Japan
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Yatsushiro Myōken Festival
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traditional Shuri weaving
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Yonekawa Mizukaburi
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Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan
UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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Q134704348
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